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Now in Effect: Rules on Student Loan Relief for School Closures and Misconduct, and Limits on Forced Arbitration
October 25, 2018
This month, in a victory by and for student loan borrowers, a court ordered that the Department of Education had illegally delayed giving effect to an important rule from 2016 […]
Continue Reading →96 Out of 28,000 Borrowers Approved for Public Service Loan Forgiveness … What Does This Mean for Everyone Else?
October 05, 2018
by Persis Yu
It has been one year since student loan borrowers have been theoretically eligible to have their loans forgiven under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. And yet, out of […]
Continue Reading →Tell Betsy DeVos: Cheated Students Deserve Loan Refunds and Keep Big Business Out of Higher Ed
August 23, 2018
by Guest Post
By Higher Ed Not Debt The Department of Education wants your opinion! Under the “borrower defense” rule, the federal government will give you loan relief if you were misled or […]
Continue Reading →Court Finds Policy Limiting Loan Relief to Corinthian Borrowers Illegal, Stops Loan Collection Until New Policy is Approved
June 26, 2018
By the Project on Predatory Student Lending at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, which is representing the plaintiffs in Calvillo Manriquez v. DeVos. This post originally appeared […]
Continue Reading →Who is the Department of Education Looking Out For? Another Delay of Student Protections Follows a String of Actions Protecting Industry Profits Over Students
May 24, 2018
Today, the Department of Education announced that it does not plan to implement new rules designed to protect students in online degree programs from being taken advantage of by schools […]
Continue Reading →Help Keep Income-Driven Student Loan Payments Affordable!
March 06, 2018
by Persis Yu
For student loan borrowers struggling to repay their loans, income-driven repayment plans are a lifeline that helps millions of people stay out of default. There are several income-driven repayment plans: […]
Continue Reading →Tax on Death and Disability Discharges Is Gone … For Now
February 08, 2018
by Persis Yu
Student loan borrowers who apply to have their loans canceled due to their disability or the death of their child can worry about one less thing: possible tax consequences. When […]
Continue Reading →Earned Income Tax Credits Seized from Struggling Student Loan Borrowers
January 22, 2018
by Persis Yu
Defaulted student loan borrowers planning to file their taxes should know that any refund they were expecting will likely wind up at the Department of Education (ED) instead of their […]
Continue Reading →ED Turns 325,000 Student Loan Borrowers Over to Debt Collectors It Fired for Breaking the Law
December 14, 2017
by Persis Yu
With nearly a quarter of federal student loan borrowers in default, borrowers need a system that will help them to successfully repay their loans. Unfortunately, the Department of Education continues […]
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Important Note: On June 24, 2024, two court decisions temporarily blocked parts of the SAVE Plan from taking effect. These decisions may change borrowers’ rights and access to certain benefits, including repayment plans. We will update this website with more details on how this will impact borrowers soon. Visit here for more information.
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