February 9, 2022 The System is Broken: 100+ Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Aid Millions of Student Loan Borrowers with Overdue Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Reforms ...the Center for Responsible Lending. “Decades of bad servicing, complicated paperwork and policy failures have broken borrowers’ faith in this program. We call on the Education Department under the Biden... Learn More
June 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... Learn More
November 3, 2022 Statements on Nationwide Injunction Halting Navient’s Scheme to Rob Borrowers of their Bankruptcy Rights November 3, 2022 | Washington, D.C. — Recently, Judge Elizabeth Stong of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an injunction temporarily halting a years-long... Learn More
February 7, 2023 Way Too Much Student Loan Debt? Education Scams Could Be The Reason Research from the Student Borrower Protection center found that for-profit schools (often hotbeds of education scams) are twice as likely to set up in majority Black and Latino communities.... Learn More
February 13, 2023 CFPB drops investigation into PayPal’s for-profit university loans “We remain extremely concerned about the use of expensive point-of-sale credit as a form of educational financing,” said Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection... Learn More
February 27, 2023 Supreme Court to hear Biden’s student loan forgiveness arguments Tuesday. 3 things to know “The court must see these lawsuits as the partisan sham they really are and protect the Biden administration’s historic relief plan,” said Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at... Learn More
March 1, 2023 As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect Ella Azoulay [Research & Policy Analyst, Student Borrower Protection Center], a 26-year-old who lives in Washington, visited the rally to join the push for debt relief, which she calls a... Learn More
Chris Hicks | September 26, 2024 Obstructionist Lawsuits Have Thrown the Student Loan System into Chaos. We are Shedding Light on the Borrowers Paying the Price. ...grow their families. Student loan servicing companies have failed. For borrowers who are most likely to face financial hardship when ED’s “on-ramp” comes to an end later this month, these... Learn More
February 17, 2023 12 million student-loan borrowers could benefit from Biden’s debt cancellation in the districts of the House Republicans who urged the Supreme Court to strike the relief down ...Biden’s debt relief. An analysis of the new data from advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) shows that nearly 12 million student-loan borrowers are eligible for the relief, over... Learn More
Aissa Canchola Bañez | June 10, 2024 House Policymakers Are Trying to Sneak the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act Across the Finish Line… Again ...Pell Grant funds to flow to extra-short programs at for-profits and entirely online programs offered by private-sector tech companies is bad news for students – particularly those with a military... Learn More