Domino: A Blog About Student Debt

New evidence uncovered through a FOIA request indicates that Guaranty Agencies did not comply with Department of Education guidance directing them to stop garnishing wages from defaulted borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These workers have been under enormous strain. Unfortunately, student debt adds to that burden. But after rising to the moment, these brave men and women are faced with broken promises and denied student debt relief because of the failures of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

The SBPC released a new report exposing the punishing consequences for private student loan borrowers in California who fall behind on their debts. This study, authored by Claire Johnson Raba, an SBPC fellow and a clinical teaching fellow at the University of California Irvine School of Law’s Consumer Law Clinic,...

Our new legal memo provides a roadmap to ensure that companies are held accountable for unlawful practices.

A legal quirk is slated to lead millions of students taking on federal student loans over the next year to face billions of dollars of unnecessary added charges throughout repayment.

New evidence indicates that employers nationwide are increasingly leveraging shadow student debt to trap workers into unfair contracts and substandard working conditions. In particular, a growing number of industries and employers are using bait-and-switch tactics to force workers to take on loans and debt through nefarious “training repayment agreements."

This week, for the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Education is asking for the public to share their stories about public service and debt forgiveness. Now is the time to call for the government to keep its promise to public service workers.

Accounts for 8.5 million federal student loan borrowers will have to be transferred to a new servicer in a few short months. Additionally, unless the Biden Administration takes action to extend the payment pause on federal student loans, this large transfer will take place just after payments for tens of...

The embattled student loan giant known as PHEAA announced that it intends to exit its role as a federal student loan servicer. Here are just 14 of the many questions that demand immediate answers from PHEAA and the Department of Education.

Our analysis of new data uncovers stark racial disparities at the local level in student debt distress.