Policy Briefs, Reports & Press Releases
- Report: Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective, October 2019
- Press Release: National Consumer Law Center Attorney to Testify on June 11 before U.S. House Oversight Committee on Student Loan Servicing, June 10, 2019
- Report: Inequitable Judgments Examining Race and Federal Student Loan Collection Lawsuits, April 2019 Press Release
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Letters
- Coalition letter to the Senate strongly urging the immediate passage of S. 1279, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, to restore funding to serve students of color and native students, Nov. 22, 2019
- NCLC replied to a letter by Senators Jones, Warren, Harris, and Cortez Masto requesting ideas on how to address racial disparities in student debt and the broader challenges faced by students of color in college and career training, Feb. 15, 2019
- Coalition letter to the U.S. Department of Education on the Department’s failure to protect Education Corporation of America students, (disproportionately students of color) leading up to the for-profit school’s closure, Jan. 17, 2019
Litigation
- NCLC and ACLU File Lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education Over Failure to Disclose Debt Collection Practice Data, March 30, 2016
- Case against the United States Department of Education
The National Consumer Law Center is co-counsel in a Freedom of Information Act suit requesting public records of the U.S. Department of Education regarding race and debt collection practices of third-party debt collectors hired by the Department, March 30, 2016
Complaint, Exhibit 1 (FOIA request, May 7, 2015), Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3, and Exhibit 4, and press release
Testimony