Something Strange With Your Student Loans? Who Can You Call? The Department...
Something fishy about your student loans or college? There's now a really easy way to complain to the people who can fix it. The post Something Strange With Your Student Loans? Who Can You Call? The...
View ArticleRobust Income-Driven Repayment Programs Can Help Borrowers Keep Payments Low
Borrowers’ lives are busy enough; let’s afford students the benefit of not having to worry about seeing their bills unexpectedly skyrocket. The post Robust Income-Driven Repayment Programs Can Help...
View ArticlePutting Student Debt Reform on the Map
As state and local governments continue to put student debt reform on the map, we will too: this is a map of legislative action, sortable by issue area, taken on the state and local level in 2016. And...
View ArticleSecretary of Education Nominee DeVos Thinks Schools Should Be Run Like...
Betsy DeVos is the very bread and butter of the “donor class” that Donald Trump spent 18 months on the campaign saying he would get rid of in Washington.
View ArticleHow to Enroll in an Income-Driven Repayment Program: a Three-Step Guide
It shouldn't be so hard.
View ArticleMainstream Media, Millennials, And Student Debt: The Great Divide
The Great Recession officially ended during the summer of 2009, but for Millennials in higher education the economic malaise persists and continues to grow.
View ArticleBorrower’s Bill of Rights: States Step Up to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Given the lack of protections or oversight that are being exercised at the federal level by the DeVos Department of Education, now is the time for states to use this authority to protect consumers....
View ArticleWhy We’re Protesting Navient This Tax Day
Adding insult to injury for borrowers, Navient stands to rake in $204 million in corporate tax savings from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act according to one estimate. The company is expected to pass on...
View ArticleStudent Loan Borrowers Drowning in Debt Need Bold Solutions From Lawmakers
Student loan borrowers like Melissa are demanding action from lawmakers to address key parts of our student debt crisis. The stories of borrowers make the case for why we need accountability for...
View ArticleFor-Profit Argosy University Students Deserve Justice
Argosy University students are left with questions, half-finished degrees, and mountains of student debt as some of their schools may be closing. The post For-Profit Argosy University Students Deserve...
View ArticleStudent Debt In The States – 2018 Edition.
National student debt has been clocked at $1.5 trillion as of 2018, and is expected to increase absent radical steps to address the current debt held by... Read more The post Student Debt In The States...
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