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Debt Collection

Posted inHigher Education

Why does New York state sue its college students?

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner September 3, 2021June 26, 2024

Amanda Belony was rushing to work when she saw a fat yellow envelope sitting on her kitchen table. She opened it and immediately noticed the New York attorney general’s official seal sitting ominously at the top of the page. The state had filed a lawsuit against her for unpaid college tuition. This story also appeared […]

Landscape shot of the University of Massachusetts' DuBois Library.
Posted inDebt Collection

In Massachusetts, public colleges send debt collectors after nearly 12,000 students

by Kirk Carapezza June 20, 2021August 26, 2021
Posted inDebt Collection

Public colleges shock students by sending them to costly debt collection agencies

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner June 1, 2021June 26, 2024
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