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  • Press Releases
    May 23, 2023

    Public Service Workers Decry Republican Plan to Push Millions of Teachers, Nurses, and First Responders Deeper into Debt as U.S. House Takes Up Congressional Review Act Resolution

    SBPC joins AFT in releasing new analysis sounding the alarm for more than 260,000 public service workers as Congress takes historic vote to reinstate already-cancelled student loans and block student debt relief.

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  • Blogs
    May 19, 2023

    Student Debt is Good Debt… If You’re One of These Debt Collectors

    It’s no secret that our student loan system is broken, but many don’t realize that these companies’ CEOs are profiting enormously in the process.

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  • Letters & Memos
    May 16, 2023

    Letter Calling on the FDIC and North Carolina State Agencies to Scrutinize a Proposed Partnership Between First Carolina Bank and BM Technologies

    In a letter, SBPC and US PIRG call on the FDIC and North Carolina regulators to intervene in a proposed “Deposit Processing Services Agreement” between First Carolina Bank and BM Technologies.

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  • News Clips
    May 12, 2023

    ‘Predatory’: Student Borrower Protection Center calls on UC to end online non-degree programs

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  • News Clips
    May 10, 2023

    Republicans To Advance Plan Reversing Student Loan Forgiveness Approvals For Millions

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  • Press Releases
    May 10, 2023

    First Major Healthcare Company Commits to Stop Using TRAPs to Keep Nurses From Leaving Jobs

    All Workers Must Be Safe from Abusive TRAPs and Made Whole from Past Use May 10, 2023 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit healthcare system in the United States, announced last night on NBC Nightly News they will no longer rely on Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) to retain their nurses. As previous Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) reports have highlighted, employers have embraced TRAPs as a way to sidestep…

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  • News Clips
    May 8, 2023

    Millions of student-loan borrowers would be forced into ‘abrupt and unplanned repayment’ if Republicans’ plan to overturn Biden’s debt cancellation gets passed, 261 advocacy groups tell Congress

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  • Letters & Memos
    May 8, 2023

    260+ Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Efforts to Attack Student Loan Borrowers through the CRA

    261 organizations send a letter calling on members of Congress to reject Republican efforts to use the CRA to reverse the federal student loan payment pause and block President Biden’s debt relief plan.

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  • Press Releases
    May 8, 2023

    Unprecedented Coalition of 260+ Labor, Civil Rights, and Advocacy Organizations Call on Congress to Reject Partisan Scheme to Reverse Student Loan Payment Pause, Block Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers

    Groups from all 50 states warn lawmakers that abuse of the Congressional Review Act will wreak economic havoc on tens of millions.

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  • Comments
    May 5, 2023

    Comment from the Student Borrower Protection Center to the Department of Education Regarding Its Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

    SBPC comment applauding the University of California’s recent decision to ban fully online degrees, while urging it to fully protect students from predatory online program managers by also banning fully online non-degree programs.

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  • News Clips
    May 5, 2023

    Advocacy Group Urges U. of California to Do Away With Boot Camps Run by OPMs

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  • Letters & Memos
    May 5, 2023

    Letter to the University of California on Completing the Work of Protecting Students from Predatory Online Programs 

    The SBPC sends a letter applauding the University of California’s recent decision to ban fully online degrees, while urging it to fully protect students from predatory online program managers by also banning fully online non-degree programs.

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  • Blogs
    May 4, 2023

    President Biden Opened the Door to Comprehensive Student Protection. Now—He Needs to Step Through It.

    The Biden administration has charted a new vision for principles-based student protection. Their changes and additional revisions will ensure those who pursue higher education might finally enjoy the safety they deserve.

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  • News Clips
    Apr 27, 2023

    Biden’s student loan help would be ‘annihilated’ by GOP bill

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  • News Clips
    Apr 23, 2023

    New Georgia Project, SBPC talk Black student debt

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  • Comments
    Apr 21, 2023

    Comments in Response to Proposed Ban on Non-Compete and De Facto Non-Compete Clauses 

    SBPC submits a comment applauding certain proposed changes aimed at expanding access to the PSLF program and outlining additional needed changes.

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  • News Clips
    Apr 20, 2023

    They recruited IT staffers with the promise of a prestigious career. But there’s a catch — workers had to stay for two years or pay nearly $24,000

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 19, 2023

    House Majority Proposes a “Permanent Student Debt Crisis,” Driving Borrowers Far Deeper Into Debt and Stripping Relief from Tens of Millions of Workers and Families

    Fake outrage over the debt limit spurred House leadership to release a cruel, unjust, and irresponsible vision for how Americans pay for college, blocking all future Administrations from cancelling debt or fixing broken programs.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 14, 2023

    “Unconscionable” Debt-for-Training Scheme Funnels Low-Wage Tech Workers to Fortune 500 Companies; Groundbreaking Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks to Void Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provisions

    Tech Training Bootcamp Smoothstack Engineered Modern-Day Indentured Servitude, Using TRAPs to Let Public Companies Like Accenture, Verizon, and CapitalOne Exploit IT Workers April 14, 2023 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, a former employee filed a class-action lawsuit against a tech-training and employee-staffing agency, Smoothstack, Inc. (Smoothstack). This new lawsuit alleges that Smoothstack steals wages from employees and pushes them to sign predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs), putting them on the hook…

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  • Reports
    Apr 13, 2023

    The South has Something to Say: Atlanta Report

    Read our report examining student loan debt in Atlanta.

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