Debt collectors work with universities, colleges and private lenders to collect student loans. For education loans backed by the federal government, the U.S. Department of Education has a clearly-defined collection program that uses private collection agencies. Recent changes in federal law will shift all previously federally backed loans to direct loans from the federal government, cutting private lenders out of the equation.

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Big Shifts in Debt by Age: A Very Literal Interpretation of Knowing Your Debtor

17 December 2014

CFPB Shuts Down Student Loan Debt Relief Scam as Senators Press ED on Loan Discharges

12 December 2014

Congressmen Urge Scrutiny of For-Profit College Sale to Debt Collector

5 December 2014

Account Control Technology Achieves No. 1 Performance Ranking on Student Loan Collection Contract

2 December 2014

Two Veterans Within Student Loan Collections Industry Join Forces to Start New Company

26 November 2014

Student Loan Guarantor, Owner of ED Debt Collector, Buying Corinthian College Campuses

21 November 2014

Executive Changes: ConServe Announces Managerial Promotions & Assignments

18 November 2014

POLL: How Safe is the Student Loan Collection Sector?

17 November 2014

U.S. Gov't to Test In-House Student Loan Debt Collections, Cutting Out Private ARM Firms

14 November 2014

Executive Change: Recovery Managements Services Welcomes Dan Exline as Chief Operating Officer

10 November 2014

Performant Financial Reports Q3 Earnings Dinged by Student Loan Collection Unit

7 November 2014

NCO Group Parent Closes on Sale of U.S. Third-Party Collection Unit

4 November 2014

Executive Change: ConServe Appoints Brandon Booker as VP of Operations

28 October 2014

Federal Agency CFPB Offers New Tools to Student Loan Borrowers in Financial Distress

16 October 2014

Share of Debt Types of Youngest and Oldest Consumers Changed Dramatically in Last Decade

8 October 2014

Department of Education Taps 11 Small Business Collectors for Student Loan Contract

7 October 2014

Todd, Bremer & Lawson Selects Ontario Systems for Outsourced Compliance Partnership

30 September 2014

BFrame Enhances Student Loan Rehabilitation Software

25 September 2014

Executive Change: Christine Timmins Berry Named President and CEO of Windham Professionals

24 September 2014

CFPB Sues For-Profit College for FDCPA Violations and Predatory Loan Program

17 September 2014