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New Department of Education Communication Requires Institutions to Contact Students About Loan Debt

On May 5, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) released a “Request for Institutions to Provide Repayment Information to Former Students to Prevent Defaults” (GEN-25-19). Noting that “only 38% of Direct Loan and...more

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Transcript Withholding and Debt Collection: Colleges and Universities Losing Some Leverage under Trending State Laws

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Update: On September 29, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued Supervisory Highlights Student Loan Servicing Special Edition, finding that blanket college and university policies of withholding transcripts...more

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Transcript Withholding & Debt Collection: Colleges and Universities Losing Some Leverage under Trending State Laws

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In the past, it has been common for an institution of higher education to withhold a student’s transcript when the student had outstanding liability to the school. Bankruptcy and various loan collection laws have long placed...more

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Senate Dems Target For-Profit Colleges and Federal Student Loan Servicers and Collectors in Letter to Dept. of Education

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Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial...more

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