November 18, 2014
In an important step forward, as reported in Huffington Post, the U.S. Treasury Department will create a pilot program to serve as the debt collector on federal student loans, a function currently performed by private contractors. As soon as early 2015, the Treasury Department could task federal employees with helping… Read More»
Tags: debt collector, Department of Education, Education Department, Elon University, federal student loans, Government Accountability Office, Huffington Post, National Consumer Law Center, Pounding Student Loan Borrowers: The Heavy Costs of the Government's Partnership with Debt Collection Agencies, private contractors, Sarah Raskin Bloom, student loan, student loan servicer, Treasury Department, University of Michigan
June 25, 2014
We’ve all heard about the meteoric rise of student debt: it now totals over $1.2 trillion and affects more than 40 million Americans. And while stories often focus on the unsustainable rise in college tuition costs and the incredible pace at which this debt multiplies, we must also pay close… Read More»
Tags: \U.S. Postal Service, CFPB, consumer financial protection bureau, debt, Department of the Treasury, Elon University, epartment of Education, Eric Fink, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, Internal Revenue Service, niversity of Michigan, Roland Zullo, student debt, student loan debt, student loans, students, University of Michigan’s Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
