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Jun 14
CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Debt Relief for Former Corinthian College Students
Jun 07
State Attorneys General Take Aim at the Trump Administration's Student Loan Agenda
Jun 07
CRL Report: Heavy Debt and Disillusionment Dominate Experience of For-Profit Healthcare Support Students
May 10
Education and Consumer Advocates Rally at CFPB to Protest Mulvaney Decision to Close Office Designed to Protect Student Loan Borrowers

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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 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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Testimony
September 14, 2016
Testimony of Whitney Barkley-Denney to the Massachusetts Special Commission on Interstate Reciprocity Agreements
Comment Letter
August 24, 2016
Loopholes in the Department of Educations' Proposed Rule on State Authorization of Postsecondary Distance Education Programs
Letters to Congress
August 17, 2016
Sign-On Letter to Secretary of Education August 2016
Comment Letter
August 1, 2016
Improvements to the Borrower Defense to Repayment Provision of the Higher Education Act
Research
May 12, 2016
NC Student Loan Calculus: What North Carolina Can Do to Ensure All of Its Students Receive an Affordable, Quality College Education

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Whitney Barkley-Denney
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Deborah Goldstein
Executive Vice President