Student Loan Borrower Assisstance

Featured Reports, Issue Briefs, Resources

NCLC fights to make the student loan system work for borrowers. You can find all of our advocacy work, including reports, testimony, press releases, comments, and letters on the NCLC website.

See the links below for resources and reports issued by NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project this year.

Group Comments to the Department of Education Regarding Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Programs Authorized Under Title IV – April 24, 2023

Legal Aid Organizations’ Comments in Response to Proposed Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms – April 3, 2023

Chapter Summary on Helping Older Borrowers Navigate the Changing Federal Student Loan System – March 31, 2023

Coalition Letter to U.S. Department of Education Regarding its Examination of Bundled Services and an Incentive Compensation Loophole – March 16, 2023

Defending Student Loan Cancellation – February 28, 2023

Group Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Comment to the Department of Education on Proposed Student Loan Income-Driven Repayment Rule – February 10, 2023

New Process to Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy – January 19, 2023

Op-Ed in The Hill: Ending the black hole that’s devouring student loan payments – January 18, 2023

Brief in Biden v. Nebraska & Brown v. U.S. Department of Education – January 11, 2023

Proposed Changes to Income-Driven Repayment Improve Student Loan Affordability, But Problems Remain – January 10, 2023

Borrower Stories

If you are struggling with your student loans, you are not alone. Over 45 million Americans have student loan debt. Read some borrower stories to see how the student loan crisis impacts Americans across the country.


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