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Student Loans News
Oct 02
Bipartisan Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Rollbacks of Student Loan Protections
Sep 26
Alexander Blocks HBCU Funding Bill, Unveils New Higher Education Package
Sep 19
Senator Lamar Alexander Blocks FUTURE Act, Compromises Funding for HBCUs and Other MSIs
Sep 18
Documents Show that Navient’s Strategy is to Put Borrowers into Forbearance

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State of Lending in America
The report outlines predatory lending practices in various fields of consumer lending, and explains why protecting fair, affordable access to credit is vital for both consumers and the U.S. economy.

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Student Loans

Student loan debt has topped $1.5 trillion in recent years, making it the largest type of consumer debt outstanding other than mortgages. The average student loan borrower graduates with nearly $30,000 in debt. The CFPB estimates that over 1-in-4 borrowers are delinquent or have defaulted on their student loan debt.

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Letters to Congress
February 21, 2019
Racial Disparities in Student Debt
Letters to Congress
February 21, 2019
Response to Senate Democratic Caucus Higher Education Act Reauthorization Principles
Testimony
February 7, 2019
Testimony in Support of SB19-002: Protecting Coloradans from Abusive Practices by Student Education Loan Servicers
Research
January 29, 2019
The State of For-Profit Colleges
Testimony
January 28, 2019
Testimony: For-Profit College Accountability Act

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