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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Drilling Down on a Prediction: The Biggest Source of Collection Work

17 October 2013

Collection Agency Head Honored as Business Person of the Year

11 October 2013

Editing #youthspeak on Student Debt Makes Me Feel Old

10 October 2013

Delinquent Debt Increases 17 Percent Over Past Five Years

27 September 2013

Executive Change: Wally Boudet Joins Account Control Technology as Regional Sales Executive

26 September 2013

Mike Ginsberg's Musings

24 September 2013

ConServe Ranks No. 2971 on the 2013 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 115%

22 August 2013

Higher Education Group Proposes Alternatives to Perkins Loans

7 August 2013

Dept of Ed Reports 700 Federal Student Loan Collection Complaints in 2012

6 August 2013

Executive Change: Jonathan L. Endman Named General Counsel of Account Control Technology

31 July 2013

Improving Delinquency Rates, Rising New Credit in First Part of 2013

26 July 2013

Leslie Bender Installed as President of ACA International

25 July 2013

Collection Agency Adding 100 Jobs in Western New York

19 July 2013

CFPB’s Consumer Response and Student Loan Complaints

2 July 2013

Executive Change: Account Control Technology Hires Dave Noll as VP Quality Assurance

25 June 2013

ED Debt Collectors Only Bright Spot as Federal A/R Nears $1 Trillion

24 June 2013

Account Control Technology Foundation Chairman Rides to Arctic Circle to Support Education

20 June 2013

FMS Launches New Web Portal for Defaulted Student Loan Servicing

19 June 2013

Free Teleseminar: Top 10 Misconceptions about Government & Student Loan Markets

5 June 2013

Elizabeth Warren's Student Loan Bill Gaining Support

24 May 2013