California led the nation in 2020, outlawing a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. But five years later, 24 of the state’s ...
OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...
When California outlawed transcript withholding in 2020, the state positioned itself at the forefront of a quiet but consequential higher-education reform. The move was designed to dismantle a ...