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Statements on Department of Education Granting Debt Relief to 79,000 Former Students of For-Profit Westwood College

Stephen Rouzer2022-08-30T11:07:28-05:00August 30, 2022|Categories: Issues, Media Center, Student Loans|

August 30, 2022 Student Defense, NCLC, Lawyers’ Committee Issue Statements on Department of Education Granting Debt Relief to 79,000 Former Students of For-Profit Westwood College Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a final decision granting relief to roughly 79,000 former students at Westwood College. In response, Student Defense, the National Consumer Law Center, and [...]

New Report Finds Incarcerated Federal Student Loan Borrowers Systematically Denied Access to Student Loan Relief

Stephen Rouzer2022-07-27T14:16:31-05:00July 27, 2022|Categories: Media Center, Student Loans|

July 27, 2022 Impossibility of Navigating Student Loan System While Behind Bars Poses Massive Risks to Administration's Recent Pell and Fresh Start Proposals WASHINGTON — Today, the Student Borrower Protection Center and National Consumer Law Center released a first-of-its-kind report examining the intersection of two social justice crises long in the making—the student loan debt [...]

How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud

Moussou N'diaye2021-01-14T16:04:34-05:00January 14, 2021|Categories: Student Loans|

This National Consumer Law Center report surveys states’ Student Protection Funds (SPFs) and provides a roadmap for how and why all states through the creation or strengthening of SPFs can provide relief to help students recover financial losses caused by school fraud or sudden closure. Report Summary Appendix A: States with Student Protection Funds (SPFs) [...]

Student Loans Archive

Svetlana Ladan2021-06-08T14:29:06-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

Report and Briefs Fact Sheet: Top 10 Ways New Rules on Borrower Defense, School Closures, and Arbitration are Worse for Borrowers, September 2019 Report: Inequitable Judgments Examining Race and Federal Student Loan Collection Lawsuits, April 2019 Press Release; 2-Page Overview Brief: The Dark Side of Payroll Withholding to Repay Student Loans, Feb. 11, 2019 (Press [...]

For-Profit and Predatory Schools

Svetlana Ladan2022-08-30T11:08:59-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

Student Loans Litigators' Interactive Guide to Corporate Bankruptcy, July 2021 2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis Policy Analysis Reports & Briefs Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud, January 2021; press release NCLC/CRL report: Road to Relief: Supporting Federal Student Loan Borrowers During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond, Nov. 2020; press [...]

Private Student Loans

Svetlana Ladan2022-09-12T15:00:13-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis National Consumer Law Center and Student Borrower Protection Center Complaint to Federal Trade Commission re: Vemo Education, Inc. alleging deceptive marketing practices of Income-Shared Agreements, May 31, 2020; press release. Policy Analysis Reports & Briefs Press release: CRL and NCLC Research Reveals Two-Thirds of Navient Borrowers Making [...]

Federal Student Loans

Svetlana Ladan2022-08-24T11:13:10-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis Policy Analysis Reports, Briefs & Videos NCLC/SBPC Report: Collection At All Costs: Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration and the Student Debt Crisis, July 27, 2022 NCLC/CLASP Report: Disproportionately Impacted: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap through Student Loan Cancellation, Payment Reforms, and Investment in College Affordability, June 2022 [...]