Reports

This report is the result of an investigation revealing that public colleges and universities nationwide are driving students toward expensive, predatory student debt.

This report from the SBPC and Berger Montague attorney John Albanese examines how creditors, including student loan companies, routinely furnish inaccurate information to consumer reporting agencies like Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion.

This report from the SBPC and Relman Colfax attorneys Stephen Hayes and Kali Schellenberg, examines how laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive (and sometimes abusive) acts and practices (“UDA(A)Ps”) can be applied to combat discrimination in the student loan market and beyond.

The findings of this investigation include tens of thousands of never-before-seen instances in which federal student loan servicers inaccurately told credit reporting agencies that borrowers whose payments had been paused at the outset of COVID had stopped paying on their student loans.

In a report, the SBPC, Young Invincibles, Community Service Society of New York, and New Yorkers for Responsible Lending show how private student loan collection practices are harming borrowers across the country, including a spotlight on New York borrowers. With creditors dragging borrowers into court for debt they often do...

This report is the result of an investigation that reveals potentially harmful business practices and possible fair lending risks by Stride Funding, an education finance firm that originates and markets Income Share Agreements (ISAs).

In a report, the SBPC, the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, the American Federation of Teachers-Maryland, and SEIU Local 500, shows how private student loan collection practices are harming borrowers across the country, including a spotlight on Maryland borrowers.

This report highlights some of the critical work the SBPC has been able to accomplish alongside dedicated advocates and borrowers throughout the country.

This report examines the challenges that borrowers with Federal Family Education Loans face when seeking to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

This report from the SBPC and Relman Colfax attorneys Stephen Hayes and Andrea Lowe, calls for strengthening and deploying civil rights tools in order to combat predatory practices by for-profit schools.