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Oct 16
CRL Analysis: Student Loan Abuses Require Action by New Jersey Lawmakers
Oct 03
Student Loan Victory Emerges From Education Department’s Missed Deadlines
Sep 18
Student Loan Debt Can Sink Your Retirement Plan
Sep 11
Lawyers’ Committee, CRL, and NSLDN File Brief to Contest Student Loan Servicer’s Lawsuit that Seeks to Bar D.C. From Passing Laws Providing Critical Consumer Protections for Student 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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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
Testimony
February 19, 2016
Testimony of Lisa Stifler Before Connecticut Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Letters to Congress
February 8, 2016
Support for the Proposed Enterprise Complaint System
Comment Letter
July 30, 2015
Coalition Letter to NCUA July 2015

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Whitney Barkley-Denney
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Deborah Goldstein
Executive Vice President