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Feb 1, 2021

To Access COVID Relief Money, Colleges Should Protect Students from Institutional Debts

Unlike federal student loans, these debts do not come with special consumer protections or guaranteed repayment options, and they are not subject to the same current payment freeze. Yet these debts can completely upend a student’s educational aspirations and hang over borrowers’ heads for years.

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Jan 26, 2021

Washington Delivered COVID Aid to the Private Student Loan Industry. It’s Time to Protect Borrowers.

Throughout the pandemic, millions of borrowers owing hundreds of billions of dollars in privately owned student loans have been left with little or no relief.

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Jan 15, 2021

Maryland is Poised to End the Predatory Student Loan Debt Collection Machine that Barreled on Amidst COVID-19

Despite the devastating public health and economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, student loan companies continue to haul borrowers into courtrooms across the country. Every day, we see more of these unconscionable lawsuits, including cases brought by companies that once publicly pledged to halt these practices in the first days of the pandemic.

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Jan 11, 2021

The Web of Players and Practices Allowing Predatory For-Profit Schools to Flourish

For years, predatory for-profit schools have plagued the American higher education system, aggressively recruiting students into high-cost, low-quality education and training programs with false promises. As the abuses of this industry continue to come to light, the SBPC has launched investigations into the companies and practices that allow these schools to operate with impunity, raking […]

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Jan 8, 2021

Research Roundup: The Student Debt Crisis is a Crisis for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship

An emerging body of evidence suggests that student debt is a growing drag on the small business sector and on new business formation. This research suggests that addressing the student debt crisis will be a key step in promoting the resilience and vibrancy of the small business sector during and after the pandemic.

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Dec 31, 2020

2020: A Year of New Challenges and Victories in the Fight to Protect Student Loan Borrowers

Together with our partners and allies, we have worked to ensure that the plight of student loan borrowers remains front and center as policymakers take action to tackle the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.

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Dec 22, 2020

Why FFEL Borrowers Are Routinely Denied Access to PSLF

This report looks at the fate of public service workers who owe older federal loans made by banks and other private lenders and guaranteed by the federal government under the Federal Family Education Loans Program

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Dec 10, 2020

A Shadow Industry is Manipulating Student Loan Borrowers’ Default Rates—It’s Time to Stop these Practices

The SBPC released a new issue brief detailing how predatory for-profit schools team up with cohort default rate (CDR) manipulation companies to evade critical rules designed to protect borrowers who attended schools with high default rates.

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Dec 4, 2020

Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations

The SBPC’s latest report: Combating Exploitative Education: Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations, argues how civil rights statutes and regulations must be strengthened and enforced to protect borrowers and hold for-profit schools accountable for their predatory practices towards communities of color and other student loan borrowers.

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Dec 2, 2020

Research Roundup: Rural Communities and Farmers are at the Forefront of the Student Debt Crisis

A growing body of research demonstrates that student debt is now one of the most important challenges facing America’s rural communities and farmers.

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