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Public colleges send overdue bills to private debt collectors — in every state except one
NBC News ^ | June 1, 2021 | Meredith Kolodner

Posted on 06/06/2021 7:33:21 AM PDT by deport

To the surprise of many students and parents, public colleges in every state except Louisiana use for-profit debt collection agencies to recover overdue tuition, library fees and even parking ticket fines. Many universities add late fees to students' bills, and when debt collectors add another 40 percent, students can end up owing thousands of dollars more than they did originally.

In some states, the law requires public colleges to use collection agencies if debts go unpaid for too long. Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, sends overdue accounts to private debt collection companies after about six months, according to the university’s public information officer. More than 2,200 students owe about $5 million (an average of more than $2,200). The students can't re-enroll until their debts are fully paid.

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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: collecting; collectionagencies; collegedebt; debt; debtcollection; studentdebt; tuition

1 posted on 06/06/2021 7:33:21 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport
The students can't re-enroll until their debts are fully paid.

Learning economics the hard way.

2 posted on 06/06/2021 7:42:09 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: deport

https://www.gcserv.com/


3 posted on 06/06/2021 7:46:15 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: Libloather

Minorities, LGBTQs and children affected most!


4 posted on 06/06/2021 8:01:26 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: deport

“... students can end up owing thousands of dollars more than they did originally.”

No Way!

Uh, if the schools were worth a damn, if the students were learning, they wouldn’t need NB frickin’ C “news” to point this out. Pathetic.


5 posted on 06/06/2021 9:30:14 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: deport

you hold their diploma or enrollment till their bursars bill is paid


6 posted on 06/06/2021 10:02:05 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: deport

Are they having a hard time finding a job with their SJW degree?

Shocking.


7 posted on 06/06/2021 10:19:33 AM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Libloather

Back in the day, we couldn’t graduate until the bills were paid.


8 posted on 06/06/2021 11:32:23 AM PDT by bgill
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To: deport

That’s why they had to get rid of the Mafia. So they could take their place.


9 posted on 06/06/2021 11:37:32 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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