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Student Borrowers Respond to Department of Education's Effort to Renege on Settlement Relief Agreement in Borrower Defense Lawsuit
ED is Asking for 18-Month Delay Just Weeks Before Court-Ordered Deadline, PPSL and Borrowers Respond
Democrats warn feds against selling student loans to private market | Higher Ed Dive
Over 40 congressional lawmakers told Trump administration officials that transferring debt ownership could strip borrowers of their protections.
STATEMENT on DOJ Effort to Further Delay Borrower Defense Settlement Relief in Sweet v. McMahon
Justice Department Asks to Renege on Agreement Just Weeks Before Court-Ordered Deadline
7 years after rebranding Kaplan, is Purdue Global's for-profit history really in the past? | Lafayette Journal & Courier
"What's not OK is for people to exploit the fact that the system we have is not currently meeting people's needs," Connor said. "It becomes like a push product, where it is being sold to people who might not otherwise think they need it."‘
Amid sweeping changes in federal student aid, student debt is harder to pay off than ever | The Boston Globe
“The wheels are falling off,” said Eileen Connor, executive director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending. “Problems are going to be widespread across the system in a way we haven’t dealt with before.”
Trump wants to sell some student loans. What if yours is one of them? | USA Today
For example, results from a 2019 analysis by McKinsey consultants to assess the value and credit profile of the Direct Loan portfolio “were not good: an estimated 45 percent of loans in the portfolio were not expected to ever be repaid,” said the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a legal organization that represents student borrowers.”
Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt | POLITICO
“Eileen Connor, executive director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, which has frequently sued the Education Department on behalf of borrowers, said she’s skeptical the administration could strike a deal that benefits both taxpayers and borrowers.
Student Borrower Town Hall: Navigating Relief, Repayment, & Your Rights
The 2025 Community Action Council hosted a Student Borrower Town Hall alongside PPSL and hundreds of borrowers from across the country to surface the real challenges facing student borrowers—covering repayment, relief, and financial impact.
Student loan debt may be tougher to pay off after passage of Trump’s big bill | The Boston Globe
The Trump administration’s stricter lending limits mean ”fewer people who are not already rich will be able to go to college, and the people who still need to get education and training that are not already rich are going to be targeted for predatory private loan projects,” said Eileen Connor, executive director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending.
Court Denies MOHELA’s Second Attempt to Dismiss Borrowers’ Lawsuit
Borrowers are suing the lender for failing to implement student loan discharges ordered by the Department of Education