The House Budget Committee’s Plan to Slash Federal Student Financial Aid: A...
TICAS summarized Congress's 2018 budget plan to cut student loans - and how this will negatively impact students, families, and the economy - on Twitter.
View ArticleBorrower’s Bill of Rights: States Step Up to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Given the lack of protections or oversight that are being exercised at the federal level by the DeVos Department of Education, now is the time for states to use this authority to protect consumers....
View ArticleDemand a Borrower’s Bill of Rights in Your State
In the face of safeguard rollbacks at the federal level, states must step up to protect their student loan borrowers from servicers that act more like debt collectors than loan counselors. Fortunately,...
View ArticleTell Your Story
Step up and tell your member of Congress that we need action on student debt now. Send a quick email with your story asking for justice for students and borrowers—Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education...
View ArticleAttended Charlotte School of Law? You May Be Eligible for a Refund.
If you are a current or recent student, you may be eligible to have your federal loans refunded.
View ArticleDon’t Let Sec. DeVos Allow Big Business in Higher Ed
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos thinks she can sneak one past Americans who care about affordable and high-quality higher education.
View ArticleWhat Do College Students Really Look Like?
71% of part-time students are on their own financially. Just one more barrier to a timely degree.
View ArticleMore Time for ACICS Schools Puts Students and Taxpayers in Harm’s Way
While it is unknown exactly what will come of this provision and how it might change as it works through the legislative process, one thing is certain: If left unchanged, students are about to find out...
View ArticleThere’s Something DeVos Can Do to Help Student Loan Borrowers in...
For those who work, reside, or attend school in a federally declared disaster area, this notice is for you.
View ArticleWe Need to #DefendStudents
We need to let Betsy DeVos know that it’s her job to defend students – not protect bad-acting institutions and the bottom line of for-profit schools. Join us by signing the petition and join the...
View ArticleCongratulations to Free Community College Story Video Winner: Joey Fontana
Congratulations to Joey Fontana, the winner of our #FreeCommunityCollegeStory Video Competition! Joey is an alum of Mount San Antonio College and is currently a student at Cal State Fullerton. Check...
View ArticleDemand Full Refunds for Cheated Borrowers Now
Email Sec. DeVos demanding that all borrowers eligible for a refund receive their full refunds immediately. Cheated borrowers have waited too long already for their loan balances to be wiped and their...
View ArticleNine Things the CFPB Did for Students and Borrowers Under Richard Cordray
CFPB bringing in Thanksgiving week right; orders Citibank to refund $3.75 million to deceived borrowers.
View ArticleThe Student Loan Default Crisis for Borrowers With Children
Nearly half of undergraduates raising families default on their loans—and most of them are single parents.
View ArticleHouse Republicans Unveil Proposed Changes to The Higher Education Act: What...
The reauthorization bill proposal makes several big changes to the HEA, but many of these changes, advocates argue, come at great expense to students and student loan borrowers.
View ArticleCollege Complaints Unmasked
Out of the total of 98,868 complaints reviewed by TCF, for-profit colleges generated more than 98.6 percent of them (97,506 complaints).
View ArticleAnalysis: House HEA Bill Attacks State Protections for Student Loan Borrowers
State attorneys general are prosecuting bad actors that are cheating student loan borrowers. The Attorneys General of Illinois, Washington, and Pennsylvania, have joined the Consumer Financial...
View ArticleNew Report: Encouraging Innovation & Preventing Abuse in For-Profit Higher...
A 2018 toolkit for state policymakers.
View ArticleNew Report: Ohio’s Higher Ed Policy Failing Minorities, Women, Working Class...
The report examines the threat of growing student debt and problems in Ohio's higher education system around access, affordability, and equity. The report also lays out a number of potential policy...
View ArticleFive Ways Betsy DeVos and Her Congressional Cronies Mined Money Out of...
She charged straight into making life worse for both current and future student loan borrowers. Here's a look at just some of the damage incurred on borrowers single-handedly by Sec. DeVos this year.
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