Pa. aims to collect nearly $18 million in unpaid student fees, without using collection agencies Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 06, 2021 Attorney General Josh Shapiro is recalling $17.9 million in unpaid student fees owed to the 14 state universities that had been turned over to for-profit collection firms for collection and instead, will have his office's financial enforcement employees pursue clearing those debts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP Facebook Share Nearly 4,800 people have accumulated $17.9 million in unpaid student fees owed to one of the 14 state-owned universities and Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. For decades, efforts to get them to pay up the fees that universities charge alongside tuition, such as an activity fee or technology fee, resulted in for-profit collection agents coming after them. But no more.