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The Project on Predatory Student Lending and City of Boston Host Free Student Debt Clinic
Student loan borrowers attend in-depth clinic to get answers to federal student loan repayment questions and receive individualized support and resources on navigating student debt.
STATEMENT on Federal Judges Blocking SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan
“These decisions by two judges who clearly don’t understand the real-life consequences of the student debt burden, nor the complexity of the federal student loan system will cause unjust and immediate harm and confusion for millions of student loan borrowers.”
Judge Alsup Demands Accountability from Department of Education and Servicers on Borrower Defense Settlement
At a hearing today regarding the Plaintiffs’ motion to enforce implementation of settlement relief in the lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona, Judge William Alsup expressed frustration with ongoing issues and demanded accountability from the Department of Education and its servicers after their gross mishandling of settlement relief in the $6 billion borrower defense settlement.
PPSL Launches Awareness Campaign Around New Borrower Defense Application Process for Private Student Loans
Navient borrowers who experienced school misconduct are encouraged to submit applications for cancellation of their private student loans.
Judge Alsup Criticizes Department of Education’s Continued Mishandling of Borrower Defense Settlement
Court demands action and accountability at the first of three status hearings on the overdue relief in the $6 billion borrower defense settlement
Art Institutes Students Secure Big Borrower Defense Win with $6.1 Billion Group Discharge
In another victory for defrauded former for-profit college students, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to nearly 317,000 borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus on or after Jan. 1, 2004, through Oct. 16, 2017.
Judge Alsup Blasts Department of Education on Borrower Defense Settlement
At a hearing on the Plaintiffs’ motion to enforce implementation of settlement relief in Sweet v. Cardona, Judge William Alsup expressed disappointment in the Department of Education’s gross mishandling of settlement relief and set a strict schedule with accountability measures to ensure that the overdue relief is delivered by August 31, 2024.
Student Borrowers Blast Department of Education for "Bungled” Implementation of Borrower Defense Settlement
Latest brief details how ED did not perform any oversight of student loan servicers and failed to monitor compliance in $6 billion settlement
Statement Regarding 5th Circuit Ruling on Borrower Defense
“The Fifth Circuit got it exactly backwards. Borrower Defense is a critical protection for student borrowers and has been in place for over thirty years.”
Students Score a Victory Against USC as Court Gives Approval for Discovery in Class Action Lawsuit to Move Forward
Graduate social work students are suing USC for misleading students about its expensive online MSW degree program and operating a “diploma mill”