NCLC Launches New Video Series for Student Loan Borrowers
Videos explain borrowers’ repayment options as rapid changes in policy, funding create confusion.
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Student Loan Help Video Series
Student loan borrower help video series explains repayment options as rapid changes in policy, and funding create confusion.
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ABCs of Student Loans: Getting Started on Student Loan Cases
TIME: 2 – 4PM EST This webinar will introduce advocates to student loan borrower representation and will focus on the basics of the student loan system, including determining what type of loans a borrower has; what the status of those loans are; and issue-spotting for common borrower problems related to repayment, collection, loan cancellation and…
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3.5 Million Older Americans Have Over $125 Billion in Student Loans
NCLC and New America Foundation Identify Policy Solutions to Reduce the Impact of Student Debt on Older Adults
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The Growing Impact of Student Loan Debt on Older Adults
A new fact sheet from NCLC and the New America Foundation examines the problem and provides policy solutions to protect the financial security of older adults with student loan debt.
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Student Loan Toolkit Helps Borrowers Manage Repayment
The Student Loan Toolkit explains the basics of the student loan system, how to assess your own student loan situation, and your options for managing your student loan debt.
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Student Loan Toolkit
The Student Loan Toolkit explains the basics of the student loan system, how to assess your own student loan situation, and your options for managing your student loan debt.
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FTC Letter RE: Stay-or-Pay Contracts and Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs)
NCLC, on behalf of its low-income clients, signed onto a letter to the FTC to support closing loopholes in the final Non-Compete Clause Rule, 88 Fed. Reg. 3482 (proposed Jan. 19, 2023). NCLC supports closing these loopholes to ensure that the regulation is truly a complete ban on non-compete clauses and functionally similar contracts, such…
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Business Insider: How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future
Originally appearing in Business Insider on Aug. 21, 2023, Ayelet Sheffey talks to Anna Anderson about one of the more common and innocuous-sounding actions a borrower might take — bringing on a cosigner. While cosigners are necessary to help out borrowers who may not be able to afford the terms of their loan on their…
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New Resources for Student Loan Borrowers
Revised StudentLoanBorrowerAssistance.org Provides Resources for Consumers, Reporters BOSTON – In anticipation of an announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the fate of President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan, the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance project has launched a newly updated, consumer-facing website with resources and advice for borrowers and for media…
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Comments to California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation Regarding Education Financing and Student Debt Relief Services
Comments to the portions of regulations proposed by the Cal. Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation regarding the oversight of businesses that offer education financing and student debt relief services in California.
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Paying the Price: The High Cost of Private Student Loans and the Dangers for Student Borrowers
Private student loans are made by lenders to students and families outside of the federal student loan program. They are not subsidized or insured by the federal government and may be provided by banks, non-profits, or other financial institutions. The borrowing limits in the federal loan programs, the skyrocketing cost of higher education and aggressive…
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