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 […]

Imagine this scenario–Congress passes a new tax deduction that primarily benefits middle income Americans and the I.R.S. decides not to provide the benefit because their staff can’t figure out how […]

Student voices are rarely heard in the debate over for-profit education.   As representatives for borrowers, we do our best to pass on their experiences, but we are generally drowned out […]

ProPublica and the Center for Public Integrity published an investigation this week of problems with the Department of Education’s disability discharge process.  Unfortunately, we were not surprised by the findings.  We […]

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 […]

Our clients and others like them have been the targets of proprietary school abuses for many years.  Starting last year, the Obama Administration and Congress started paying more attention to […]

It is almost the end of yet another year, a very important year in the student loan world.  During this December time of reflection, we include below noteworthy articles and blogs […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]