Press Releases

Student Borrower Protection Center calls on President Biden to extend payment pause and use all available legal tools to cancel student debt for 40 million Americans.

A court issued an injunction temporarily halting a years-long plot by the massive student loan company Navient to cheat borrowers out of their right to loan discharge in bankruptcy.

SLLI is announcing a new round of grant funding to support researchers interested in tackling the student debt crisis and a program to assist emerging scholars in a range of fields interested in conducting novel student loan research.

Most benefits of the PSLF Waiver, set to expire on Halloween, have been extended for millions of workers through planned overhaul of Income-Driven Repayment.

The SBPC, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, the Debt Collective, Center for Responsible Lending, and Student Debt Crisis Center sent a letter to the Consumer Bankers Association demanding that it abandon its bad-faith legal action against the CFPB.

Student Borrower Protection Center leadership praise ruling dismissing right-wing scheme to block student debt relief for 40 million Americans.

Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center pushes back on reactionary court decision that abandons working people.

The door to transformational debt relief is now officially open, millions have already walked through it and we must ensure no borrower is left behind.

AFT and SBPC allege that the sham lawsuit by Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) violates California law and the company is potentially liable for more than $175 billion in damages.

SBPC announces major personnel changes: Aissa Canchola Bañez as Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Ella Azoulay as Research and Policy Analyst, Brandon Herrera as Communications and Digital Coordinator, Persis Yu now as Deputy Executive Director and Claire Torchiana as SBPC Fellow.