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Tag Archives: IBR
Giving Financially Distressed Borrowers a Chance (Part 2)
We wrote a few weeks ago about the September 8 New York Times article, “Debt Collectors Cashing in on Student Loans.“ The article explains how student loan servicers and collectors lack incentives to prevent student loan defaults. Among other reasons, … Continue reading
Giving Financially Distressed Borrowers a Chance (Part 1)
A recent New York Times article about student loan debt collectors raises a number of important issues that we will be writing about in a series of blogs. The article explains how student loan servicers and collectors lack incentives to … Continue reading
Tagged Collection, Default, IBR
Operational Problems at the Department of Education: What Is Going On?
We wrote in December about operational breakdowns at the Department of Education, focusing on the Department’s failure to properly place borrowers in “forced consolidation” into IBR. Shockingly, the Department has yet to fix this problem. Department staff now tell us … Continue reading
Tagged Federal student loans, IBR, Rehabilitation
Obama Administration’s Student Loan Proposals
President Obama announced a plan this week to help alleviate student loan burdens. The President’s plan shows that the Administration is hearing the voices of struggling student loan borrowers. It is a good step in providing some relief, but much more needs … Continue reading
Tagged Consolidation, Federal student loans, IBR
Update on “A lot of Talk, Not Much Action”
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 much has changed since we last wrote. A quick summary: … Continue reading
Tagged Collection, Consolidation, Disability, IBR, Rehabilitation
The Department of Education and Financially Distressed Student Loan Borrowers: A lot of Talk, Not much Action
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 to resolve festering problems. So far, unfortunately, the current Administration has … Continue reading
Tagged Collection, Disability, IBR
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