The latest income-driven repayment (IDR) plan has been touted as the most generous student loan plan ever — and, in an article appearing in NerdWallet on Aug. 24, 2023, Eliza Haverstock talks to Kyra Taylor about how it could give greater flexibility to married couples with student debt.
This one-pager helps students who are attending a school that closed or is about to close figure out what to do next with their federal and private loans.
The National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients), submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of its intent to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare regulations on federal student loan debt relief, as authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). In these comments, NCLC recommends…
Originally airing on NPR on July 14, 2023, hosts Adrian Florido and Cory Turner include a soundbite of Abby Shafroth explaining how out of 4 million eligible borrowers, only 32 have has their loans forgiven through the Income-Driven Repayment program.
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With the payment pause ending this fall, 45 million student loan borrowers across the country will be scrambling to figure out how to manage their federal student loans when payments come due.
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The Student Debt Crisis Center took over the airwaves of the Leslie Marshall Show on June 28, 2023 to provide analysis of the upcoming Supreme Court case that holds the fate of President Biden’s debt cancellation plan. This takeover episode includes special guests Abby Shafroth, Co-Director of Advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center and…
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