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Private Student Loans and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
November 16, 2010
by greenbee
President Obama signed financial reform legislation this summer that creates a new consumer financial protection bureau (CFPB). The CFPB will have rule writing authority over private student lenders, including bank and […]
Continue Reading →The Need for Education Debt Management
October 28, 2010
by greenbee
American Student Assistance recently released a paper on the need for education debt management. The paper, “Approaching the Tipping Point”, raises a number of critical issues, including how to create incentives to […]
Continue Reading →Doing the Right Thing for Borrowers
August 29, 2010
by greenbee
A recent experience highlights the ways in which so many borrowers in default run into brick walls when trying to enforce their rights. The twist to this experience is that […]
Continue Reading →Shattered Dreams, Consumer Fraud and For-Profit Education
July 04, 2010
by greenbee
It is good news that the Department of Education and Congress are starting to take a closer look at the for-profit higher education industry. Our low-income clients have struggled for […]
Continue Reading →Update on “A lot of Talk, Not Much Action”
July 04, 2010
by greenbee
We previously wrote about our efforts to persuade the Department of Education to resolve a number of problems with policies and programs for financially distressed student loan borrowers. Unfortunately, not […]
Continue Reading →The Department of Education and Financially Distressed Student Loan Borrowers: A lot of Talk, Not much Action
May 24, 2010
by greenbee
We have tried for years to persuade the Department of Education to improve policies and programs for financially distressed student loan borrowers. We hoped the new Administration would act quickly […]
Continue Reading →New Legislation on Student Loans and Bankruptcy
May 11, 2010
by greenbee
In April 2010, separate bills were introduced in the U.S. House and Senate to restore bankruptcy dischargeability of most private student loans. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on […]
Continue Reading →What is Going on with Loan Rehabilitation?
April 13, 2010
by greenbee
We wrote a while ago about a new law that was supposed to unclog the loan rehabilitation logjam. Since then, the market has rebounded and according to guaranty agencies, there […]
Continue Reading →Financial Literacy as the Easy Way Out
February 16, 2010
by greenbee
It’s so hard to agree on how to police our credit market place that policymakers (and sometimes advocates) often give up on regulation and call instead for more financial literacy […]
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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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