Understanding State Authorization, Reciprocity, and NC-SARA to Protect Distance Education Students
In a joint fact sheet, The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) and National Student Legal Defense Network (Student Defense) partnered...
Fact Sheets
Student Protections and the Value of a Gainful Employment Rule
The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that all career education programs receiving federal student aid “prepare students for gainful employment in...
Dreams Dashed: California Colleges Where Many Borrow But Few Repay
Over two million undergraduates each year enroll in a college based in California. While many students find that student loans are an investment in...
No More Corinthians: Why Students Need a Strong Borrower Defense Rule
This fact sheet provides an overview and history of the 2016 rule, including a timeline of Corinthian Colleges’ collapse.
Why Students Need a Strong Gainful Employment Rule
This fact sheet provides an overview of the gainful employment regulation, including the impact on the for-profit college industry, and pushes for the Biden Administration to restore rules to prevent student aid from going to colleges that operate wasteful, fraudulent, and abusive programs.
Top 10 Ways the New Borrower Defense Rule is Worse for Borrowers
Federal law allows students whose schools have defrauded or cheated them to have their loans discharged. Prior to 2016, there were few details in...
What to Know About the Gainful Employment Rule
Fact sheet on the Gainful Employment (GE) rule. The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that all career education programs receiving federal student...
What to Know About the Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule
Fact sheet on the Borrower Defense to Repayment (BD) rule. The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule offers students relief from federal loans...
What to Know About the Gainful Employment Rule
Fact sheet on the Gainful Employment (GE) rule. The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that all career education programs receiving federal student...
The Top 10 Ways that the New Borrower Defense Rule is Worse for Borrowers
Federal law allows students whose schools have defrauded or otherwise abused them to have their loans discharged. In 2016, the Obama Administration...
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Coalition Comment to ED on Part II “Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell”
Nineteen stakeholder organizations working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, service members, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college...
Coalition Comment to ED on “Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell”
Twenty-three stakeholder organizations representing millions of students, school admission counselors, workers, veterans, consumers, and low-income...