Students Seek More Sanctions Against Secretary DeVos Following Disclosure of Tripled Illegal Loan Collections
The Project on Predatory Student Lending BOSTON– Former Corinthian Colleges students are asking a court to increase the monetary penalty against the Department of Education in light of the Department’s disclosure that it collected from nearly triple the...Betsy DeVos’ Cruel Math Denies Relief to Defrauded Borrowers
Cross-posted from Ben Miller, Center for American Progress Thousands of borrowers from the long-defunct Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute have been waiting years for the Trump administration to inform them how much of their loans will be forgiven in the...Coalition Letter in Support of Repealing the 2019 Borrower Defense Rule
In September, the Department of Education released a new version of the “Borrower Defense to Repayment” rule that would make it virtually impossible for students cheated by their college to cancel their student loans. Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Susie Lee...Letter from 42 Organizations Urging Senator Alexander to Protect Consumers and Taxpayers
42 organizations urge Senator Lamar Alexander to include robust consumer protection of students and taxpayers in any reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Read the letter
Thank you @IlhanMN for your tireless work to #DefendStudents.
👉👉👉👉#CancelStudentDebt👈👈👈👈 https://joinaya.com/campaign/cancelstudentdebt/
Betsy DeVos is STILL illegally seizing borrowers’ wages that they need to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head.
Enough is enough. Cancel every penny of student debt NOW.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2020/07/08/devos-to-court-were-still-seizing-borrowers-wages-violating-the-cares-act/#46c8679d9827
This pandemic may be setting the stage for a for-profit college resurgence. Our fight to #DefendStudents, with the help of partners like @TICAS_org, goes on.
https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-as-coronavirus-speeds-colleges-move-online-what-happens-to-oversight/
The woman who taught me basically everything I know about debt-financed #highered did a really cool thing — I’m so pumped to see @JoeBiden & @SenSanders’ unity task force build on so many of those important lessons! #defendstudents #college4all
Proud to have been part of the @JoeBiden @BernieSanders education unity task force. This collaborative & positive process gave me hope, it was a privilege to work with such a brilliant group! https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democratic-task-forces-send-biden-progressive-policy-roadmap-n1233198
