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Aug 12, 2025

Student Loan Changes Are Here â€” Hereâ€™s How Black Women Can Stay Ahead

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Blogs

Apr 29, 2025

Voices Behind the Student Debt Crisis

Read quotes from borrowers across the country on the need for affordable student debt payments and relief.

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Blogs

Apr 25, 2025

Eliminating Grad Plus Loans Without Making Higher Education More Affordable Would Be a Disaster for Students and Borrowers

Congressional Republicans want to make it harder for their own constituents to afford graduate education and compete in todayâ€™s job market.

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Press Releases

Apr 2, 2025

As Bill Is Heard by Senate Committee, New Records Underline Urgent Need for Transparency of Marylandâ€™s $332 Million Shadow Student Debt Market

Read the latest Protect Borrowers press release.

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Blogs

Feb 25, 2025

President Trump Promised Lower Costs, Instead He and Congressional Republicans are Pushing Millions of Working Families Further Into the Red

House Republicans are moving forward with their plans to pass a budget that will allow them to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations by cutting education, lifesaving healthcare and food assistance, and other critical social programs that working families rely on.Â

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Blogs

Dec 11, 2024

Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Headed Towards A Default Cliff

For the first time in four-and-a-half years, millions of student loan borrowers will soon feel the economically draconian penalties of a student loan default once again.

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Deep Dives

Jun 19, 2024

Deep Dive: The State of the Student Debt Crisis for Black Women

The work highlighted in this Deep Dive sheds light on the ways that our higher education financing system is detrimental to Black womenâ€™s overall well-being and ability to build wealth.

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Press Releases

May 30, 2024

New Research Finds Substantial Borrower Distress and a Growing Student Loan Crisis Across Cities in Texas

As millions await final rules from the Biden Administration on student loan relief, Student Borrower Protection Center continues â€œStudent Debt in the Southâ€ research series with a focus on Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.

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Reports

May 30, 2024

Student Debt in the South: Texas

In Student Debt in the South: Texas, SBPC explored student debt disparities and economic distress of borrowers of color in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. This is the second report in our series Student Debt in the South, following our deep dive into Atlanta, Georgia.

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Press Releases

May 17, 2024

As Public Comment Period Closes on President Bidenâ€™s â€œPlan Bâ€ Debt Relief Proposal, 22,000+ Borrowers and 200+ Advocacy Groups Voice Support for Bold, Fast, and Automatic Student Debt Cancellation

Read SBPC’s latest press release.

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