New CRL, NAACP Report: Unsustainable Student Loan Debt Has Severe Impact on Borrowers of Color, Urgent Reforms Needed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), co-authored a research report finding that student loan debt is unsustainable for many student borrowers, especially borrowers of color. The research paper, titled Quicksand: Borrowers Of Color & The Student Debt Crisis, offers policy recommendations to reform our country’s broken and inefficient student loan system, close the racial wealth gap, and ensure that the system is fair to all students. The report was released in conjunction with NAACP’s 110th