Description: Student Defense (also known as the National Student Legal Defense Network) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that represents and advocates for student loan borrowers and college students, bringing litigation, administrative advocacy, and public campaigns to secure debt relief, strengthen borrower protections, and hold predatory colleges and government actors accountable. Type: Non-profit legal advocacy organization Policies: Federal student loan borrower protections and loan forgiveness, access to federal student aid, oversight and accountability for for-profit higher education, consumer protection in higher education, and enforcement of borrower rights through litigation and regulatory advocacy Funding: Primarily funded by philanthropic foundation grants and individual donations, supplemented by contributions from allied advocacy coalitions Affiliates: Works closely with other borrower-advocacy and consumer-protection organizations, public interest law firms, civil rights groups, and higher-education policy advocates
