Press Releases

The federal student loan payment pause and new "Fresh Start" loan program are an opportunity to fix the broken student loan system.

In response to the CFPB’s announcement of an enforcement action against Edfinancial, SBPC executive director Mike Pierce released the following statement.

More than 6-in-10 Latino Voters Expect “Major Changes to Saving or Spending” if Payments Resume in Five Weeks; Supermajority of Latino Voters Support Action by President Biden to Extend Payment Pause, Cancel Student Debt

California Schools Transformed into “Creditor Colleges” During the Pandemic; Low-Income Students Denied Access to Higher Education, May Face Debt Collection and Forfeiture of Government Benefits March 17, 2022 | WASHINGTON, DC — Today, a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley School of Law, University of California, Irvine School...

The Communications Workers of America and the SBPC released the results of an investigation into the world’s largest student loan company, uncovering new evidence of systemic mismanagement, failure, and abuse.

The SBPC and Data for Progress today released their latest tracking poll demonstrating widespread public support for federal action to protect people with student debt.

Today, 210 organizations called on President Biden to extend the pause on federal student loan payments for tens of millions of borrowers that is currently set to expire on May 1st.

An SBPC review has identified more than 100 unaccredited and otherwise dubious for-profit schools that market point-of-sale financing such as BNPL credit as a variety of student loan.

A new SBPC-Data for Progress poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.

The SBPC and Data for Progress released a new tracking poll revealing that 63 percent of likely voters support action by the federal government to cancel some or all student debt for all borrowers.