Domino: A Blog About Student Debt

This report looks at the fate of public service workers who owe older federal loans made by banks and other private lenders and guaranteed by the federal government under the Federal Family Education Loans Program

The SBPC released a new issue brief detailing how predatory for-profit schools team up with cohort default rate (CDR) manipulation companies to evade critical rules designed to protect borrowers who attended schools with high default rates.

The SBPC's latest report: Combating Exploitative Education: Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations, argues how civil rights statutes and regulations must be strengthened and enforced to protect borrowers and hold for-profit schools accountable for their predatory practices towards communities of color and other student loan borrowers.

SBPC & Demos host a virtual conference on student debt cancellation featuring a keynote from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.

A growing body of research demonstrates that student debt is now one of the most important challenges facing America’s rural communities and farmers.

SLLI is proud to join the UC Irvine Law Review in announcing the publication of the journal’s latest edition dedicated exclusively to exploring the intersection of student debt, consumer protection, and the law.

Military borrowers face obstacles in trying to satisfy each of the requirements of the PSLF program, including having the right type of loan, the right type of employment, the right repayment plan, and the right number of payments.

Our latest analysis finds racial and socioeconomic disparities in which borrowers are able to access one of the most critical protections available to all borrowers struggling with federal student loans: income-driven repayment.

A growing body of evidence is suggesting that student debt could be detrimental not only to borrowers’ financial health, but also to their physical wellbeing.

Last month, California lawmakers took decisive action to protect borrowers by passing a Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. For the nearly four million student loan borrowers in the state, the new protections and rights provided by AB 376 are desperately needed.