20  Student Loan Defaults on the Rise

 

Sources

Nearly 5 Million Americans in Default on Student Loans (Wall Street Journal)

What We Now Know About Who Struggles With Student Loan Debt (Washington Post)

Where Student Loan Debt Is a Real Problem (Washington Post)

Two Student Loan Studies Everyone Missed (Brookings Institute)

Trump Administration Seeks Curbs on Student-Loan Forgiveness (Wall Street Journal)

Education Department May Slash by 60 Percent the Loan Relief It Gives to Defrauded Students

   (Chicago Tribune)

Trump Administration Looks Beyond Traditional Servicers for Student-Lending Help

   (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

The Furor Over Student Loan Forgiveness (Martin Center)

Betsy DeVos Hit With Two Lawsuits in One Day Over Backlog of Student Debt Relief Claims

   (Washington Post)

Elizabeth Warren Wants the Education Dept.’s Use of Earnings Data Investigated (Washington Post)

Pressure Mounts for DeVos to Address the Backlog of 87,000 Student Debt Relief Claims
   (Washington Post)

Education Dept. Awards Debt-Collection Contract to Company with Ties to DeVos (Washington Post)

Partial Relief for Defrauded Borrowers (Inside Higher Ed)

Trump Administration Resumes Forgiving Loans of Ex-Corinthian Students (Wall Street Journal)

The Rise and Fall of a Law-School Empire Fueled by Federal Loans (Wall Street Journal)

Most Former Corinthian Campuses to Wind Down Operations (Wall Street Journal)