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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Debt Collector Closes on Acquisition of For-Profit College Network, with Restrictions

3 February 2015

Account Control Technology Partners with Student Account Management Services, LLC

22 January 2015

ED's Student Loan Collection Contract to be Further Delayed for Large Companies

20 January 2015

Executive Change: Michael Matkowsky Joins Account Control Technology as Regional Account Executive

14 January 2015

Executive Change: Christopher Rezendes to Windham Professionals as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

24 December 2014

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