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  • Sen. Dick Durbin recently introduced a bill to make private student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy, a negative for ITT given it relies so heavily on such loans.

    Revision of College Prospects Looks Overdone Rolfe Winkler 2011

  • The law should not protect education lenders as they pressure students to accrue exorbitant amounts of non-dischargeable debt, protect law schools as they over-state the return on investment in legal education, and then fail to protect consumers who fall prey to these practices.

    The New York Legal News Round Up 2009

  • As Judge Kleinfeld notes, Bankruptyc court is the right place to litigate whether a debt was dischargeable ....

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Decision in Marshall v. Stern (formerly Marshall v. Marshall): 2010

  • Let's make all student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy, but instead of the taxpayers taking the hit when student loans go sour, colleges should absorb the loss, or at least a portion of it.

    When Good Loans Go Bad 2010

  • Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and Danny Davis, D-Ill., to introduce legislation that "would restore the bankruptcy law, as it pertains to private student loans, to the language that was in place before 2005, so that privately issued student loans will once again be dischargeable in bankruptcy."

    When Good Loans Go Bad 2010

  • Sallie Mae supports reforms that would allow student loans to be dischargeable in bankruptcy for those who have made a good-faith effort to repay them, says Ms. Holler.

    The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden Mary Pilon 2010

  • Sallie Mae supports reforms that would allow student loans to be dischargeable in bankruptcy for those who have made a good-faith effort to repay them, says Ms. Holler.

    The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden Mary Pilon 2010

  • Let's make all student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy, but instead of the taxpayers taking the hit when student loans go sour, colleges should absorb the loss, or at least a portion of it.

    When Good Loans Go Bad 2010

  • Sallie Mae supports reforms that would allow student loans to be dischargeable in bankruptcy for those who have made a good-faith effort to repay them, says Ms. Holler.

    The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden Mary Pilon 2010

  • Sallie Mae supports reforms that would allow student loans to be dischargeable in bankruptcy for those who have made a good-faith effort to repay them, says Ms. Holler.

    The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden Mary Pilon 2010

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