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  • Press Releases
    Jun 4, 2025

    Advocates Sound Alarm as Lead Detractor of Student Debt Cancellation, Joshua Divine, Is Nominated for Lifetime Federal Judicial Appointment

    Later today, Joshua Divine, chief legal architect behind the Republican states-led opposition to the Biden Administration’s student debt relief efforts, will appear before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary as nominee for a federal district judge in Missouri.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 3, 2025

    Trump Administration Caves on Plans to Snatch Social Security Benefits After Months of Pressure From Borrower Advocates

    ED told reporters that the Trump Admin was reversing course and pausing its plans to offset the Social Security benefits of defaulted student loan borrowers. This is in contrast to the Admin’s April 21st announcement stating that it planned to subject millions of Americans in default to mandatory collections, including wage garnishment, tax refund, and Social Security benefit offsets.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 2, 2025

    Groups Urge U.S. Department of Education to Ensure Robust Representation on Student Debt Rulemaking Panel

    Letter proposes slate of diverse and qualified negotiators ready to lend vital expertise and experience on PSLF and IDR.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 2, 2025

    Restart of student debt collections expected to trigger more student loan scams

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  • Letters & Memos
    Jun 1, 2025

    Group Letter to ED on Student Debt Rulemaking Panel

    Dozens of organizations representing millions sent a letter to ED urging officials to expand the slate of negotiator seats on its proposed neg reg committee.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 1, 2025

    Tips for navigating the ‘chaotic system’ of student loan repayments

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  • News Clips
    May 28, 2025

    Borrowers Besieged

    “You had people who thought they would hack higher education by offering these companies that were both student lender and education provider,” said Mike Pierce, a former CFPB official and executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has warned of the dangers of ISAs.

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  • Press Releases
    May 27, 2025

    Consumer Groups Sound Alarm as the Trump/Vought CFPB Dismisses or Terminates Enforcement Actions, Leaving Harmed Consumers High and Dry

    Dozens of quiet corporate pardons show lawbreakers’ influence with Trump enforcers.

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  • News Clips
    May 23, 2025

    Trump student loan changes risk ‘punishing ambition’

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  • News Clips
    May 23, 2025

    Trump’s student loan policies will be harsh reality for struggling American borrowers, new report says—how you may be affected

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  • Deep Dives
    May 22, 2025

    Deep Dive: Moving Student Loans Out of the Education Department is a Risky Gamble for Borrowers and the U.S. Economy

    This Deep Dive details how the Trump Administration’s reported efforts to charge the Small Business Administration with oversight of federal student loans are illegal and would result in a major decline in quality of services for borrowers already facing tremendous economic uncertainty.

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  • Press Releases
    May 22, 2025

    House Republicans Rush Passage of Massive Reconciliation Bill Delivering Tax Cuts to Billionaires on the Backs of Students and Working Families

    The bill delivers $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the richest Americans and largest corporations by slashing lifesaving healthcare, food assistance, education, and other critical programs working families rely on.

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  • News Clips
    May 22, 2025

    At Senate Hearing, College Presidents Warn Against Pell Cuts

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  • Press Releases
    May 21, 2025

    After Senate Committee Hearing, One Dire Warning: Trump Policies Will Spike Higher Education Costs and Crush Families

    Statement from SBPC’s executive director Mike Pierce.

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  • News Clips
    May 21, 2025

    Student loan borrowers could wait 2 years to get applications approved

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  • Blogs
    May 20, 2025

    Private Lenders Would Cash In on Congress’s Student Loan Changes

    Congress’s plan to dramatically shrink the federal student loan program will force students to seek expensive, high-risk private student loans—benefiting companies with troubling records of consumer abuses.

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  • Press Releases
    May 20, 2025

    Illinois Poised to be First State to Acquiesce to Income Share Agreement Companies, Green Lighting Predatory Industry Bill

    Illinois Senate Bill creates special rules for an industry plagued by federal consumer protection violations.

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  • News Clips
    May 20, 2025

    Education Department backlog leaves nearly 2 million student loan borrowers in limbo

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  • Press Releases
    May 19, 2025

    SBPC Executive Director to Testify Before Senate Education Committee on the State of Higher Education, as 1-In-12 Americans Brace for Massive Financial Shock From Trump Administration Actions Attacking Students and Borrowers

    Hearing comes as 1-in-12 Americans brace for massive financial shock from Trump Admin actions attacking students and borrowers.

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    May 19, 2025

    Testimony of Mike Pierce Before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee

    See here to read Mike Pierce’s May 21, 2025, testimony.

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