After five years of student loan repayment freezes, pauses, and on-ramp periods, many student borrowers who are delinquent on payments are seeing their loans go into default for the first time. Default carries significant negative ramifications for both the borrower and institution alike. If a college is assessed a Cohort Default Rate (CDR) of above 30 percent for consecutive years, it can lose eligibility to participate in Title IV student aid programs. Borrowers have been slow to reenter active repayment, making the CDR a timely and significant concern for colleges and universities across higher education. Join AACC’s Office of Government Relations (OGR) and Judith Witherspoon, Senior Vice President of EdAmerica, for a webinar to discuss the repayment landscape, current trends in CDRs, and strategies for colleges to support student borrowers and prevent loan defaults. This webinar is open to AACC members. Registration is required.
AACC Government Relations Update: Loan Repayment and Cohort Default Rates Webinar
Date & Time: Dec 2, 2025 03:00 PM ET