About 40 percent of borrowers who included student loan debt
in their bankruptcy
proceedings got some or all of it discharged, according to a
study published in the American Bankruptcy Law
Journal.
Studies were identified by searching Medline (1966 — 97), PsycLit, and the Cochrane Library; by manually searching all
journals that
publish randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
in the field; by reviewing conference
proceedings and the reference lists from reviews and book chapters; and by contacting authors and investigators working
in this specialty.