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  • News Clips
    Jul 21, 2022

    Lawmakers propose bill to give public workers ‘second chance’ at student loan relief

    The number of applicants actually receiving loan relief from PSLF has been low. “Just 1 in 5 of the 1.3 million borrowers pursuing debt discharge through PSLF are on track to see relief by 2026, according to a September report by the Student Borrower Protection Center.”

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    Jul 16, 2022

    The student-loan crisis is facing a shake-up — and lawmakers are worried Biden’s Education Department isn’t ready to handle it

    “…recent analysis from the advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center found that while 9 million public servants were eligible for student-loan forgiveness, only 2% of them had gotten their debt wiped out since November 2020 — and fewer than 15% had filed paperwork to track their PSLF progress.”

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  • News Clips
    Jul 13, 2022

    Scams Lurk in Ads on Google Searches for Student Loan Relief

    “The borrowers are just screwed,” Ben Kaufman said, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection Center. “They are made to be catnip for these scammers.”

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  • News Clips
    Jul 8, 2022

    Work at a school or nonprofit? You could erase student loans

    “We’ve seen, throughout the 14 years, so many people set back by administrative hurdles and burdens [within the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program], not knowing they had access to this program or being told they couldn’t get access even though they worked in qualified employment,” said Kat Welbeck, Civil Rights Counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center.

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  • News Clips
    Jul 6, 2022

    More for profit schools are offering buy now pay later—is it a debt trap?

    “There’s this deep and fundamental incompatibility with buy now, pay later and education financing,” says Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for student loan borrowers. “Is there ever a worse place for that to be than higher education when there isn’t even collateral underlying the product?”

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  • News Clips
    Jun 27, 2022

    Is ‘Learn Now, Pay Later’ Just Another Student Debt Trap?

    “There’s this deep and fundamental incompatibility with buy now, pay later and education financing,” says Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for student loan borrowers. “Is there ever a worse place for that to be than higher education when there isn’t even collateral underlying the product?”

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    Jun 22, 2022

    Your College Choice: How to See If a School Is Legit

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  • News Clips
    Jun 16, 2022

    Actually, maybe don’t learn to code

    Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection Center, says boot camps are more broadly reflective of the country’s refusal to recognize education as a public good. Instead, it’s viewed as something people should pay — often quite a lot — to access.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 10, 2022

    Over 9 million student-loan borrowers are eligible to get their debt wiped out — but fewer than 2% of them have actually gotten that relief, new report finds

    “…based on recent data from the Education Department, the SBPC found that while over 9 million public servants have student debt and are eligible for loan forgiveness, just 2% – or 130,730 – have actually seen relief since November 2020. That’s partly because, according the SBPC, fewer than 15% of the 9 million borrowers have filed paperwork to track their PSLF progress.”

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    May 10, 2022

    Student loan forgiveness is the overlooked remedy that could help close the racial wealth gap

    “Truly wealthy families do not borrow for college at all and do not hold student loans,” Kat Welbeck, director of advocacy and civil rights counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, told Fortune.  “And when they do, they pay off debt much more quickly. The way we measure ‘progressivity’ with nearly every other social program is how benefits compare to a share of income. Student debt-to-income ratios are much higher for the poorest households, and therefore the…

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