Navient Will Cancel Private Student Loans. Most Don’t Know About It. - The New York Times

More than a million borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit schools have had billions of dollars in federal student loans eliminated through a government aid program. But people with private loans have generally been excluded from any relief — until recently. 

Navient, a large owner of private student loan debt, has created, but not publicized, a program that allows borrowers to apply to have their loans forgiven...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/business/navient-private-student-loan-debt.html