The Institute for College Access and Success2020-08-192020-08-192019-04-30http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99778The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule offers students relief from federal loans borrowed based on fraudulent, misleading or illegal acts by their schools. Borrower defense is an established legal right for many forms of consumer credit, and it has been a part of the Higher Education Act for many years.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 3.0 Unportedfederal student loan programstudent debtcollege affordabilityHigher Education ActReporthttps://ticas.org/files/pub_files/what_to_know_about_bd_factsheet.pdf