More than 6 million former college students cannot access their college transcripts because their former school is holding the documents as ransom as a debt collection tactic. Many of them will get a ...

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 ...

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation offers institutional loans with a 7 percent interest rate. The company has explained to investors several times how its loan program helps them comply with ...

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 ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. A bill that would prevent higher education institutions in Connecticut from withholding the transcripts of students who still ...

Transcript withholding can make it difficult for students to apply for jobs even if they’ve graduated, since they can’t prove to prospective employers that they have a degree. By Meredith Kolodner ...