By Adam S. Minsky, Esq., Law Office of Adam S. Minsky, Boston, Massachusetts This post originally appeared on http://bostonstudentloanlawyer.com/student-loan-management-disaster-strikes/. It’s a scary time for millions of Americans right now. Much […]

By Diane Cheng, Associate Research Director, the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) This post originally appeared on www.ticas.org/blog. 20 million students complete the FAFSA every year to apply […]

Advocates for student loan borrowers breathed a sigh of relief on March 30, when the deadline passed for Congress to introduce a resolution to roll back the new “borrower defense” […]

There are no easy answers for former ITT Tech students struggling with student loan debt, but there are a number of actions these students can consider to try to get […]

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education announced final regulations to protect federal student loan borrowers and taxpayers against closures and misconduct by predatory schools like we saw with the […]

The rules around closed school discharges can be confusing—for students and for those trying to assist them—and good information can unfortunately be hard to find.  We have heard that a […]

On September 6, 2016, ITT announced that it was closing its campus doors, leaving tens of thousands of students across the country in the lurch.  ITT students everywhere are figuring […]

Last week the U.S. Department of Education launched a new, mobile-friendly website StudentLoans.gov/Repay to help student loan borrowers identify good repayment options for their circumstances.  The new website is easy […]

For over a year, the National Consumer Law Center and other borrower advocates have been calling on the Department of Education to relieve the heavy debt burdens of students harmed by […]

Today the Department of Education made the newest income-driven student loan repayment plan, the Revised Pay As You Earn (“REPAYE”) plan, available for borrowers to request through its online income-driven […]