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Tag Archives: Federal student loans
State Relief for Proprietary School Abuses
State tuition recovery funds (STRFs) can be a valuable source of relief for defrauded students when a school is insolvent and when the student cannot obtain a federal discharge. STRFs contain deposits of money collected from schools approved to operate … Continue reading
Measuring the Impact of Financial Literacy Programs
We wrote previously about the dangers of promoting financial literacy efforts INSTEAD of regulating abusive credit products and INSTEAD of providing relief for financially distressed student loan borrowers. We noted the shocking lack of evidence that financial literacy is effective. A … Continue reading
Tagged Federal student loans
New Unemployment Deferment Self-Help Packet
NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project posted a new self-help packet this week. The unemployment deferment packet helps borrowers figure out whether they are eligible for this deferment and if so, how to apply. Only federal student loan borrowers with loans … Continue reading
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Creating a Fair Disability Discharge Process
We highly recommend Pro Publica’s latest article on student loan disability discharges. In this article, Sasha Chavkin asked the Department of Education to clarify its position on the most critical disability discharge issue—Will the Department consider Social Security disability determinations … Continue reading
Tagged Disability, Federal student loans
The Consequences of Student Loan Defaults
Deanne Loonin, Director of NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, spoke on a panel this week at the annual conference of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Here are her more extended views on the session, “Student Borrowing: … Continue reading
Tagged Default, Federal student loans
Important Recommendations for Upcoming Negotiated Rulemaking
We wrote in a previous post about key comments submitted to the Department of Education for the upcoming negotiated rulemaking sessions. Many groups raised important issues. NCLC’s testimony focused on relief for financially distressed borrowers. Others commented on a wide … Continue reading
Tagged Federal student loans
Recommendations and Comments for Department of Education Rulemaking
We submitted these comments to the Department of Education last week. We will write a number of articles the next few weeks with more details about key proposals. Our recommendations focus on strengthening relief for borrowers who are harmed by … Continue reading
Department of Education Announces New Round of Negotiated Rulemaking
On May 5, 2011, the Department of Education announced that it will soon be holding a new round of negotiated rulemaking sessions. The Department also announced three public hearings for interested parties to discuss the rulemaking agenda. The public hearings will … Continue reading
Tagged Federal student loans
End Draconian Student Loan Collection Policies
A recent report released by the Institute of Higher Education Policy found that for every federal student loan borrower that defaults, at least two others become delinquent without default. Access to higher education was the mantra at a New America … Continue reading
Tagged Collection, Federal student loans
The Real Cost of Student Loan Defaults
The debate about the costs of defaulted federal student loans has taken a very troubling turn. Confusing budget numbers seem to show that the government actually recovers more than it pays out on federal student loans. Jason Delisle of New … Continue reading
Tagged Default, Federal student loans
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