Insider Q&A: What’s Next For Student Loans In The COVID Era
Frotman held that position until 2018, when he resigned to protest the Trump administration's handling of student loans and private servicing companies.
Frotman spoke to The Associated Press about the Biden administration's decision to extend the student loan repayment moratorium and other issues facing the
This interview has been edited for length and clarity:
Q:
A: It would have been a catastrophe if we had turned payments back on so soon into the recovery. It’s important to remember how many student loan borrowers were being crushed by the system before the virus. One in 4 were behind on their payments. Millions were struggling to pay their student loan bill as well as put food on the table. In the most simple of terms, student borrowers have too much debt and this administration needs to get to the root of the problem before asking borrowers to repay.
Q: What do you mean by that?
A: One example is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Millions of borrowers have really important protections that could eliminate their debts entirely if they did public service. It was a promise made by
The
Q: How important is it that the
A: This is just a start — millions more have been denied promised relief, including those working in public service, those defrauded by predatory schools, and those serving in the military. They deserve the same sweeping debt relief granted to hundreds of thousands of borrowers today. Secretary Cardona built a roadmap to fix the broken student loan system and now he just needs to follow it.
Q: What's your latest concern in the student loan market?
A: We've seen a new crop of predatory education finance companies pop up in the last few years. Many of them are fintech companies trying to fill a space that banks would have. I have deep concerns about a new form of finance called income share agreements, which require you to turn over a portion of your future income to pay for your education. These types of agreements are not covered by traditional financial protections, so there is a lot of room for abuse.
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