Blanket policies to withhold academic transcripts from students with outstanding loan debt to colleges are “abusive under the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Backers of legislation to ban colleges and universities from withholding college transcripts over unpaid balances could not find enough support in the House last session, but they hope that the ...

Students from a number of Maine’s colleges and universities are publicly calling on administrators to support legislation that would prevent schools from withholding transcripts from those who owe ...

A college transcript is one of the most vital components of any application, whether to graduate school or a company. At Cornell, student transcripts list course names, grades received and, most ...

Tlaloc Fierro spent only a couple of semesters at Eckerd College, dropping out in the spring of 2007. But the $500 debt they accrued while there — and the consequences of it — followed Fierro for ...

Graduation can be unachievable for students with institutional debt. Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. The Student Loan Fund is a student ...

Colleges with harmful transcript ransom policies refuse to release student transcripts due to unpaid tuition, on-campus parking tickets, books, fines or fees. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger ...