student debt

Higher Ed Law Firm Takes on Bankruptcy Trustees in Tuition Battles

06/29/16

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The law firm that has bailed colleges and universities out of NCAA athletic-compliance trouble is getting dragged into the bankruptcy courtroom, where fights are increasingly breaking out over tuition payments.

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One Word in Bankruptcy Law That Could Lead to More Forgiven Student Loans

05/11/16

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The instructions from Congress for how a struggling student loan borrower can attempt to leave that debt behind in bankruptcy contains one word that can have two meanings.

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Befuddled by Student Loan Consolidation

08/03/11

It is a harsh reality of today’s post-collegiate environment – two-thirds of all students now graduate with burdensome debt that can follow for many years to come. Following a recent news story on CBS Evening News, a comment was made that a student CAN have their federal student loans discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy [...]

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