• About Us
    • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Protect Borrowers Alumni
    • Advisory Board
    • Fellows
    • Careers
  • What We Do
    • What We Do
    • Federal Student Loans
      • Delivering Debt Relief
        • Public Service Loan Forgiveness
        • Income-Driven Repayment
        • Closed School Discharge
        • Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge
        • Borrower Defense to Repayment
        • Joint Consolidation
      • Federal Loan Servicing Abuse
        • MOHELA
        • Navient
        • Nelnet/Great Lakes
        • Aidvantage/MAXIMUS
        • Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
        • ACS
        • White Labeling
      • Default & Collections
        • Treasury Offset Program
        • Social Security
      • Incarcerated Borrower Relief
      • Federal Oversight
    • Predatory Lending & Private Credit
      • Shadow Student Debt
      • Private Student Lending
        • Income-Share Agreements
        • Bankruptcy Barriers
        • Bootcamps
      • Surveillance Credit & Big Tech
      • Scam Schools
        • For-Profit Colleges
        • Online Program Managers
    • Free College
      • Institutional Debt
    • Workplace Debt & Labor Exploitation
      • Stay-or-Pays & TRAPs
        • Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs)
      • Non-competes
      • Other Employer-Driven Debt
    • Public Corruption & Attacks On Public Power
    • Other Household Debt
    • Racial & Economic Justice
      • Educational Redlining
      • Marginalized Populations
        • Older Borrowers
        • Women & Debt
        • Black Borrowers
        • Latino/a Borrowers
        • LGBTQ+ Borrowers
        • Incarcerated Borrowers
        • Veteran Borrowers
        • NCSLT
    • State & Local Projects
      • State Legislative Advocacy
        • Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights
        • Private Student Loan State Legislation
        • State TRAPs Legislative Toolkit
        • Online Program Managers
      • State Regulatory Advocacy
      • State Law Enforcement
      • State Research
      • Student Debt in the South
      • Cities Partnership
  • Media & Events
    • Media & Events
    • Events
    • Press Releases
    • News Clips
    • Blog
    • Video
  • Resources & Litigation
    • Resources & Litigation
    • Reports
    • Letters & Memos
    • Comments
    • Testimony & Remarks
    • Deep Dives
    • Legislative Toolkits
    • Polling
    • Investigations
    • FOIAs
    • Fact Sheets
    • Lawsuits
    • Amicus Briefs
  • Get Help
  • Get Involved
  • Mobile Social

Latest Work

  • Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

  • Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

    This memo provides an overview of the additional tax costs that working families could face if Congress and the Trump Administration fail to act.

    More

  • Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

Latest Work

  • Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

  • Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

    This memo provides an overview of the additional tax costs that working families could face if Congress and the Trump Administration fail to act.

    More

  • Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

Latest Work

  • Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

  • Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

    This memo provides an overview of the additional tax costs that working families could face if Congress and the Trump Administration fail to act.

    More

  • Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

Latest Work

  • Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

  • Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

    This memo provides an overview of the additional tax costs that working families could face if Congress and the Trump Administration fail to act.

    More

  • Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

    The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

    More

Latest Work

  • Jul 10, 2024

    Deep Dive: How Cities and States Can Unlock Workers Across the Country from TRAPs

    Paul Sonn and Chris Hicks

    This is the kickoff piece for a deep dive series on how city, county, and state regulators can take on Training Repayment Agreement Provisions, or TRAPs, using existing authorities to protect workers.

    More


  • Advocacy, Letters
    Jul 1, 2024

    Coalition Letter to U.S. Department of Education Urging Immediate Unveiling of Hardship NPRM

    227 organizations representing millions urge ED to immediately unveil its NPRM to provide student loan debt relief to borrowers experiencing hardship.

    More

  • Jun 19, 2024

    Deep Dive: The State of the Student Debt Crisis for Black Women

    Khandice Lofton

    The work highlighted in this Deep Dive sheds light on the ways that our higher education financing system is detrimental to Black women’s overall well-being and ability to build wealth.

    More

  • May 30, 2024

    Student Debt in the South: Texas

    In Student Debt in the South: Texas, SBPC explored student debt disparities and economic distress of borrowers of color in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. This is the second report in our series Student Debt in the South, following our deep dive into Atlanta, Georgia.

    More

  • May 17, 2024

    22,000+ Borrowers and 200+ Advocacy Groups Submit Public Comment in Support of President Biden’s Student Debt Relief NPRM

    Read the public comment submissions and borrower stories demonstrating the life-changing impact that President Biden’s new proposal would have.

    More

  • Apr 22, 2024

    Fact Sheet: FTC Final Non-Competes Rule

    April 23, 2024, the FTC issued a final rule that bans the use of traditional and de facto non-compete agreements, which includes stay-or-pay contracts. See our fact sheet on TRAPs and more.

    More

  • Apr 9, 2024

    Testimony of Persis SiChing Yu Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy

    Re: MOHELA’s Performance as a Student Loan Servicer

    More


  • Advocacy, Letters
    Apr 2, 2024

    20 Organizations Send Letter to FTC, Calls for a Ban on TRAPs, Highlighting Their Growing Use

    20 organizations wrote the FTC to highlight new research documenting the growing use of TRAPs, and called for the FTC to ban their use in the final non-compete rule.

    More

  • Mar 13, 2024

    Comments in Response to Proposed Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Application

    In response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Application, the Student Borrower Protection Center submitted a comment urging the Department to finalize the proposed application and begin to implement the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act quickly and to the fullest extent possible.

    More


  • Reports
    Feb 28, 2024

    The MOHELA Papers: The Rise of A Student Loan Servicing Giant and the Fall of the Student Loan System

    This report is the result of a years-long investigation into industry mismanagement of the student loan system—exposing a scheme to deny service to millions of working people with student debt by the student loan company responsible for handling the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

    More

PREV
1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 28
NEXT

Join our Email List
Stay informed about the fight to protect Americans with debt.

"*" indicates required fields

Name
  • About
  • What We Do
  • Media & Events
  • Resources & Litigation
  • Get Involved

© Copyright 2026 Protect Borrowers. Contact Us
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.