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CFPB supervision observed federal loan servicers failed to provide for extended time periods adequate ways for borrowers to manage key loan issues by phone

Many private student loans made directly by schools include provisions allowing borrowers to challenge loans due to school misconduct regardless of who holds loans

Refinancing or consolidating federal loans through private lender results in loss of important federal protections

Companies break law when they mislead student borrowers about protections or deny borrowers rightful benefits

CFPB released Supervisory Highlights describing unlawful activities identified by CFPB examiners across student loan markets

Many student borrowers faced challenges including 28 million federal student loan borrowers returned to repayment following end of COVID-19 payment pause

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Roosevelt Institute examines excess power of special interests in US policymaking as factor in 1.5 trillion student loan debt

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Report shows how powerful industry lobbyists rigged student loan system by exploring examples like Department of Education's treatment of Navient and Corinthian Colleges

Morgan coauthored Unstacking the Deck: A New Agenda to Tame Corruption in Washington which explored dynamics in latest report and was covered at major outlets including The Week The Nation and Huffington Post

Policymakers receptivity to industry requests stands in stark contrast to draconian rules and punishments that characterize borrower experience

Morgan is nationally recognized expert on higher education policy and previously served as senior policy advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren on issues including college affordability and student loan servicing reform

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos went to bat to shield loan servicers from accountability under state law while fighting borrowers in court to require payment from students defrauded by their school

Earlier this year Marshall Steinbaum coauthored Levy Institute report The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation

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