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  • News Clips
    Aug 5, 2022

    Beware the Contract Clause Loading US Workers With Debt

    The exact number of people subject to TRAPs remains unknown, but a new report by the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit that advocates for borrowers’ rights, estimates that three industries heavily reliant on the agreements, health care, trucking, and retail, employ one third of US workers.

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    Aug 5, 2022

    A PetSmart Dog Groomer Quit Her Job. They Billed Her Thousands Of Dollars For Training.

    “But the majority of the ones I’ve been seeing, especially over the past few years, by far have not provided anything close to industry-recognized credentials or training,” said Harris, who co-authored the Student Borrower Protection Center report with Chris Hicks. Companies using them have “tended to be employers that didn’t want to compete on wages or working conditions with their competitors.”

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    Aug 5, 2022

    PetSmart offered free training. But it saddled employees with debt.

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    Aug 3, 2022

    Expanding Access to College in Prisons

    A recent study by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the National Consumer Law Center found borrowers in prison are at higher risk of default on their student loans due to limited access to phones and internet needed to communicate with their loan servicer.

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  • News Clips
    Jul 30, 2022

    Biden proposals would help overhaul student loan system. Some say it isn’t enough.

    “Congress is having a lot of challenges on getting bipartisan consensus on a lot of reforms,” Persis Yu, policy director and managing counsel at the advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center said. “The political system, as it is, is unlikely to bring about a lot of these reforms through Congress with the state that it is in right now. The Department has a lot of room to make improvements.”

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    Jul 29, 2022

    When mass incarceration and student debt intersect

    The Student Borrower Protection Center published a new report Wednesday on the challenges that incarcerated student loan borrowers face, including debt collection and risk of default.

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    Jul 27, 2022

    President Joe Biden Is Delaying Release Of His Student Loan Repayment Plan

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    Jul 25, 2022

    The Biden administration is considering forgiving the student debt for millions of Americans. Here’s why

    The U.S. Department of Education has also not made good on many of its promises, said Persis Yu, policy director for the Student Borrower Protection Center.

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  • News Clips
    Jul 24, 2022

    Biden’s Education Department is delaying the release of a student-loan repayment plan intended to lower your monthly bills

    Persis Yu, policy director and managing counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, said in a statement that “distressed federal student loan borrowers are left waiting for President Biden to make good on his promise of delivering relief.”

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    Jul 21, 2022

    134 Groups Urge Biden To Extend Expiring Student Loan Forgiveness Initiatives, While Top Officials Tell Borrowers To Apply Now

    A coalition of over 130 organizations wrote to President Biden on Thursday, urging him to extend temporary student loan forgiveness initiatives and the student loan pause that are set to end within a matter of weeks.

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