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5 years after California banned holding college students’ transcripts hostage for unpaid debt, some colleges neglect the law

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 ...
Yahoo

Why California colleges can no longer withhold transcripts over unpaid fees

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 ...

College Transcript Holds: What to Know

Holds on transcripts can also result in lost credits for students looking to re-enroll at a different institution. For ...

[For Ronin Students] How to Request Transcripts and Graduation Certificates (How Many, When, and Where to Request)

IntroductionThis article is intended for students who have taken a gap year (ronin) and are applying to universities, helping ...
Forbes

City University Of New York Bans Transcript Withholding For Student Debts. Will Other Institutions Follow?

Transcript withholding is a long-running practice that has been previsouly endorsed by the Department of Education (ED) that allows colleges and universities to withhold a student’s transcript as a ...
nytimes.com

Withholding College Transcripts for Loan Payment Is ‘Abusive,’ Agency Says

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 ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Most Colleges Withhold Students’ Transcripts Over Debt. That’s Starting to Change.

Blanket policies to withhold academic transcripts from students with outstanding loan debt to colleges are “abusive under the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” the Consumer Financial Protection ...
University of Delaware

Unofficial Transcripts

Unofficial transcripts are different from official transcripts in the information they display and in their appearance. Unofficial transcripts include additional advisement information, such as ...
The Badger Herald

UW updates academic standing policy for student transcripts

The University of Wisconsin announced they will update student transcripts to include a new value of “Good Academic Standing” to indicate positive academic standing. In an email sent to undergraduate ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell Includes Median Grades on Students' Transcripts

A college transcript is one of the most vital components of any application, whether to graduate school or a company. At Cornell, student transcripts list course names, grades received and, most ...
Boston University

Access to Student Transcripts and Historical Data

As we implement a new student information system (MyBU Student) and establish new data access profiles, I write – following consultation with the appropriate bodies – to clarify how access to student ...