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  • Reports
    Dec 4, 2020

    Combating Exploitative Education: Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations

    This report from the SBPC and Relman Colfax attorneys Stephen Hayes and Andrea Lowe, calls for strengthening and deploying civil rights tools in order to combat predatory practices by for-profit schools.

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  • Blogs
    Dec 4, 2020

    Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations

    The SBPC’s latest report: Combating Exploitative Education: Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations, argues how civil rights statutes and regulations must be strengthened and enforced to protect borrowers and hold for-profit schools accountable for their predatory practices towards communities of color and other student loan borrowers.

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  • Press Releases
    Dec 1, 2020

    NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Student Borrower Protection Center Announce Fair Lending Testing Agreement with Upstart Network

    Agreement marks new standard for fair lending oversight in financial technology.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 23, 2020

    Advocates Release Roadmap for the Biden Administration to Fix Broken Programs for Servicemembers, Teachers, Defrauded Students, & Other Vulnerable Borrowers Denied Promised Student Debt Relief

    The SBPC and Dēmos released a new report featuring contributions from leading student loan experts and advocates outlining how the Biden administration can take immediate action to cancel student debt for millions of Americans.

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  • Reports
    Nov 23, 2020

    Delivering on Debt Relief: Proposals, Ideas, and Actions to Cancel Student Debt on Day One and Beyond

    The SBPC and Dēmos joined together to produce a report featuring contributions from leading student loan experts and advocates offering a roadmap for the Biden administration to take immediate action to cancel student debt for millions of Americans.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 13, 2020

    The ‘Broken’ Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness System is Particularly Brutal for Military Veterans

    A new investigation by the Student Borrower Protection Center found that members of the military are facing several obstacles when it comes to getting student loan forgiveness.

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  • Reports
    Nov 11, 2020

    Protecting Military Borrowers

    This report examines the roadblocks that members of the military face in accessing Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

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  • Blogs
    Nov 11, 2020

    Why Are So Many of Our Military Members Missing Out on Student Loan Forgiveness?

    Military borrowers face obstacles in trying to satisfy each of the requirements of the PSLF program, including having the right type of loan, the right type of employment, the right repayment plan, and the right number of payments.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 11, 2020

    A Sobering Figure for Veteran’s Day: 200,000 Service Members Owe Nearly $3 Billion in Student Loans

    Roughly 200,000 service members owe nearly $3 billion in student loans and yet, just 17,534 have officially begun the process of having their loans discharged under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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  • Blogs
    Nov 2, 2020

    New Data Show Borrowers of Color and Low-Income Borrowers are Missing Out on Key Protections, Raising Significant Fair Lending Concerns

    Our latest analysis finds racial and socioeconomic disparities in which borrowers are able to access one of the most critical protections available to all borrowers struggling with federal student loans: income-driven repayment.

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