student loans

The NYT on Intermediaries and Student Loans

01/02/14

The New York Times ran an important story today by Natalie Kitroeff on the role of Educational Credit Management Corporation in policing student loans in bankruptcy. It is a story that should interest all Credit Slips readers.

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Research Symposium at Suffolk Law on Student Loans

11/10/13

Suffolk Law School and the National Consumer Law Center are convening a Research Symposium on Student Loans in Boston on April 10th and 11th.  The goal of the Symposium, which is invitation-only, is to bring together the nation’s top experts, including academics, attorneys, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government officials, to discuss research and policy related to student loans. We invite paper proposals that are empirical, qualitative, theoretical or policy-oriented.  Topics of particular interest are:

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Student Lending

11/05/13
As Prof. Nathalie Martin noted, the ABI has an upcoming conference on student loans. For those more interested in policy than straight up bankruptcy law, the St. Louis Federal Reserve will host a one day conference on the state of student loans in America on November 18.
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ABI To Hold All-Day Program on the Next Big Thing, the Dischargeability of Student Loan Debt

10/31/13

On Friday, November 15, 2013, the American Bankruptcy Institute will hold a conference in its Alexandria Virginia Offices, and by webinar, entitled You Can’t Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy – Or Can You? The conference will run from 9:30 a. m.

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Brunner: Vicious, Stupid, and Stubborn

10/20/13
Trailer screenshot, The Ten Commandments, Paramount

Trailer screenshot, The Ten Commandments, Paramount

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President Obama takes on the student debt bomb; meanwhile, the Gainful Employment Rule saga enters a 5th year

08/24/13

Prospects do not look good for President Obama’s vastly ambitious initiative (not yet really a plan) to take on growing college debt.

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