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If you have had your wages garnished to repay a federal student loan, we want to hear from you. We know that borrowers across the country have had their wages illegally seized by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. That’s why we have partnered with Student Defense and National Consumer Law Center...

Today, the Student Borrower Protection Center, Student Veterans of America, Veterans Education Success, and over a dozen national military and veteran service organizations sent letters to the nation’s major financial institutions urging them to ensure that service members—including those called up to support COVID-19 emergency response efforts—are not being mistreated...

Student Defense and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), with the support of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos, demanding an immediate halt to the Department’s illegal garnishment of student borrowers’ wages.

Today, the SBPC released a comprehensive analysis showing a growing cause for concern within the private student loan market. The report finds that the rapidly growing private student loan market is putting the most vulnerable borrowers at risk. Even before the current coronavirus-fueled crisis, these borrowers struggled to get help...

Today, the SBPC released a new report examining the private student loan market. The report offers a snapshot of recent trends and borrower outcomes in the space, indicating a critical need for more rigorous borrower protection at the federal, state, and local level.

The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), and Consumer Action released recommendations on Friday for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to enhance its consumer complaint tool to protect borrowers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Navient Corporation urging the company’s board to halt dividends and stock buybacks, pause planned compensation for itself and the company’s managers, and focus on investing in customer service infrastructure...

Today, a coalition of over 40 consumer advocacy organizations sent a letter to the Congressional Oversight Commission established to oversee CARES Act implementation calling for aggressive monitoring of funds going to for-profit schools.

As Americans face unprecedented economic and financial pressure, having wages seized can mean the difference between having enough money to pay rent or to put food on the table.

For three years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has failed to execute its job of protecting hundreds of millions of American consumers. The repercussions of this failure are vast, and they are painfully visible in the ongoing crisis in the student loan market and its effects on the most...