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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

Today, a group of 104 diverse advocacy organizations, including American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA) and UnidosUS,…

January 22, 2022

Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Could Wipe Out Debts But ‘Predatory’ Firms ‘Lied and Continued to Collect Payments’

"Through their misrepresentations, student loan companies have collected potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of payment on debt that borrowers…

January 20, 2022

$50 Billion of Student Debt Could Be Entitled to Automatic Cancellation in Bankruptcy But Borrowers May Not Know About It

For many years, conventional wisdom had held that student loans were impossible to get rid of, even in bankruptcy. But…

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August 2, 2022

Beyond Fresh Start: Addressing the Flaws of the Current Student Loan Collection System

The Student Borrower Protection Center's paper series on the flaws of the current system of student loan default and collections…

August 2, 2022

SBPC Publishes Collection of Expert Policy Papers and Holds Panel Series on Fixing the Broken Student Loan System: Beyond Fresh Start

Series features Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal, and other leading experts highlighting key flaws and fixes…

July 28, 2022

SBPC Uncovers Pervasive Use of Training Repayment Agreement Provisions to TRAP Workers in Low-Paying Jobs Through Student Debt; Launches Campaign to Collect Worker Stories

The SBPC released a new report documenting the widespread and accelerating use of Training Repayment Agreement Provisions as a tool…

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June 3, 2022

Testimony of Mike Pierce Before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Testimony of Mike PierceExecutive Director of the Student Borrower Protection CenterBefore the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs…

October 19, 2020

Testimony of Katherine Welbeck Before the Boston City Council

Testimony on the importance of cities taking action to understand how student debt is affecting communities of color and the…

October 8, 2020

Testimony of Tariq Habash Before the New Jersey Assembly Higher Education Committee

Thank you for the opportunity to testify in favor of A.4407, which prevents state resources from flowing to schools and…

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In the News

The System is Broken: 100+ Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Aid Millions of Student Loan Borrowers with Overdue Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Reforms

Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Could Wipe Out Debts But ‘Predatory’ Firms ‘Lied and Continued to Collect Payments’

$50 Billion of Student Debt Could Be Entitled to Automatic Cancellation in Bankruptcy But Borrowers May Not Know About It

Press Releases

Beyond Fresh Start: Addressing the Flaws of the Current Student Loan Collection System

SBPC Publishes Collection of Expert Policy Papers and Holds Panel Series on Fixing the Broken Student Loan System: Beyond Fresh Start

SBPC Uncovers Pervasive Use of Training Repayment Agreement Provisions to TRAP Workers in Low-Paying Jobs Through Student Debt; Launches Campaign to Collect Worker Stories

Events

Panel Series: Beyond Fresh Start – Part 2￼

Panel Series: Beyond Fresh Start – Part 3

Accessing Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Remarks

Testimony of Mike Pierce Before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Testimony of Katherine Welbeck Before the Boston City Council

Testimony of Tariq Habash Before the New Jersey Assembly Higher Education Committee

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Panel Series: Beyond Fresh Start – Part 2