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What to Know About the Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Mar 1, 2019 | Borrower Defense

Fact sheet on the Borrower Defense to Repayment (BD) rule. The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule offers students relief from federal loans borrowed based on fraudulent, misleading or illegal acts by their schools. Borrower defense is an established legal right...

What to Know About the Gainful Employment Rule

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Mar 1, 2019 | Gainful Employment

Fact sheet on the Gainful Employment (GE) rule. The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that all career education programs receiving federal student aid “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation,” however the HEA does not define “gainful...

The Top 10 Ways that the New Borrower Defense Rule is Worse for Borrowers

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jul 26, 2018 | Borrower Defense

Federal law allows students whose schools have defrauded or otherwise abused them to have their loans discharged. In 2016, the Obama Administration issued new rules to govern the process for applying for and granting borrower defense discharges, and the Trump...

Q&A on the 90-10 Rule

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jan 25, 2016 | 90-10, Military / Veterans

Cross-posted from the Institute for College Access & Success The 90-10 Rule is a federal law barring for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90% of their revenues from Department of Education federal student aid. It is modeled on the Department of Veterans...
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    December 9, 2020
  • Why is it so hard for Betsy DeVos to provide debt relief and loan forgiveness to students?
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    January 2, 2020

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
15 Sep

#GoodRead: Predatory Colleges Think They Are Too Flawed to Fail. Biden's Department of Education Should Prove Them Wrong. http://ow.ly/ne7050G7Fii via @TCFdotorg More on the effort to #DefendStudents: https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi #highered

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
14 Sep

The Department of Education Has Announced More Borrower Defense Findings; Which Applications Are Getting Granted? http://ow.ly/umQc50G6tS4 via @NCLC4consumers More on the effort to #DefendStudents here: https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
9 Sep

Biden administration to cancel $1.1 billion in student debt for many former students at ITT, the defunct #4profit college http://ow.ly/piBo50G1Dnv via @MarketWatch The end of a long , painful road for these students. Thumbs up to @POTUS, @SecCardona for this step. #DefendStudents

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
9 Sep

More on the mess created by predatory colleges: #College Operator Blames Ed Department for Financial Woes During Shutdown http://ow.ly/S8co50G1Aqg via @HigherEdDive Congress must hold unscrupulous colleges accountable and #DefendStudents https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
7 Sep

ICYMI: Education Department Hearing Exposes Divisions on #HigherEd Abuses http://ow.ly/9lrb50FYEZ6 via @DaHalperin #DefendStudents Good read on the very important, yet obscure process behind #accreditation and federal student aid eligibility. More: https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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