Students Loans & For-Profit Schools
BACKGROUND MATERIALS
- Higher Ed Not Debt (Short Movie) (Higher Ed Not Debt Campaign, March 2014)
- Education at a Crossroads (USSA Teach-In Packet, March 2014)
- No Lost Causes: Practical Ideas to Help Low-Income Students Succeed In College (NCLC, March 2014)
- The Sallie Mae Saga: A Government-Created, Student Debt Fueled Profit Machine (National Consumer Law Center report, Jan 2014)
- Degrees of Debt: Stories from Student Loan Borrowers Highlight Urgent Need for Reform (Consumers Union, Nov 2013)
- Public Service & Student Debt (CFPB, August 2013)
- At What Cost: How Student Debt Reduces Lifetime Wealth (Demos, August 2013)
- Federal Student Loan Terms for 2013-14 (TICAS, July 2013)
- On the Backs of Students and Families: Disinvestment in Higher Education and the Student Loan Debt Crisis (American Federation of Teachers, June 2013)
- Searching for Relief: Desperate Borrowers and the Growing Student Loan “Debt Relief” Industry (NCLC, June 2013)
- Borrowers on Hold: Student Loan Collection Agency Complaint Systems Need Massive Improvement (NCLC, May 2013)
- Student Loan Affordability (CFPB, May 2013)
- Doing Away With Debt (Education Trust, February 2013)
- Student Loans (Center for Responsible Lending, Dec 2012)
- Making Loans Work: How Community Colleges Support Responsible Borrowing (TICAS, Aug 2012)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place Courthouse Doors Shut for Aggrieved Private Student Loan Borrowers (Public Citizen, July 2012)
- Private Student Loans (CFPB, July 2012)
LETTERS AND STATEMENTS
- Letter to Department of Education on “Gainful Employment” Rule (Center for Responsible Lending, Feb 4, 2014)
- Statement for Massachusetts Atty. General on Proposed Regulation for For-Profit and Occupational Schools (Center for Responsible Lending, Jan 22, 2014)
EVENTS
- Launch Event for Higher Ed Not Debt Campaign (Video, Mar 6, 2014)