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5 years after California banned holding college students’ transcripts hostage for unpaid debt, some colleges neglect the law
In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept ...
California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation offers institutional loans with a 7 percent interest rate. The company has explained to investors several times how its loan program helps them comply with ...
California law bans colleges from withholding transcripts for unpaid balances, but more than one-fifth of community colleges ...
Tlaloc Fierro spent only a couple of semesters at Eckerd College, dropping out in the spring of 2007. But the $500 debt they accrued while there — and the consequences of it — followed Fierro for ...
A proposed state law would prevent Georgia colleges from using a student owing money to the school as a reason to withhold a student’s transcript should they need it for a job. House Bill 39, filed ...
Transcript withholding can make it difficult for students to apply for jobs even if they’ve graduated, since they can’t prove to prospective employers that they have a degree. By Meredith Kolodner ...
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