Essays about Texas

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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Sue Reagan v. Educational Credit Management Corporation: "A camel whose back is already broken"

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Sue Reagan is 60-years old and lives in a mobile home on rented land. She has a part-time job but lives near or below the poverty line. She ...
Monday, September 24, 2018

College students spend more time working than attending classes but they're still forced to take out student loans

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Many years ago, when I was a first-year law student at University of Texas, Professor Robert Hamilton, my law instructor, told our class of ...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Department of Education's New Report on Student-Loan Casualties: A Dr. Strangelove Moment

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You remember that great scene from the movie Dr. Strangelove.   U.S. President Muffley (played by Peter Sellers) worries about the consequen...
Friday, September 14, 2018

ECMC screws up: Couldn't prove Mr. Rowe owed on his daughter's student loan

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Educational Credit Management Corporation [ECMC]  is the Department of Education's premier student-loan debt collector. ECMC has appea...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

LGBTQ Student Organizations and the Equal Access Act: Betsy DeVos Has No Power to Restrict the Protections of the EAA

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By Richard Fossey & Todd A. DeMitchell  Originally posted at Berkley Forum , the blog site for Georgetown University's Center Fo...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Wildfires ravage California and student debtors groan under mountains of debt. Meanwhile scholars debate transphobia

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More than 5,000 wildfires burned in California this summer, incinerating more than 1 million acres of forests and several thousand homes.  ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Student Loan Ombudsman at CFPB Can’t Take the BS Anymore. Quits in Scathing Letter Telling Director Mulvaney He Sucks. Essay by Steve Rhode

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By Steve Rhode Seth Frotman, an Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told CFPB Direc...