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House slaps down DeVos policy on student debt

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jan 17, 2020 | Borrower Defense

Cross-posted from American Federation of Teachers In a significant win in the battle to protect student loan borrowers, the House of Representatives voted Jan. 16 to strike down a federal rule restricting student debt cancellation for students who were deceived by...

Student Advocates Announce Closed School Discharges for Over 30,000 Student Borrowers

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jan 16, 2020 | Borrower Defense, Closed School

The Project on Predatory Student Lending, Student Defense, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and the Project on Predatory Student Lending issued statements today responding to the U.S. Department of Education’s confirmation...

The Evolution of the For-Profit College Industry: New Challenges for Oversight

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 23, 2019 | Career Education Accountability

Cross-posted from the Institute for College Access & Success In recent years, enrollment at for-profit colleges has fallen steeply due to sustained economic growth, the poor reputation of the industry as a result of increasing awareness of documented abuses, and...

Students Seek More Sanctions Against Secretary DeVos Following Disclosure of Tripled Illegal Loan Collections

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized

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

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 18, 2019 | Borrower Defense

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...
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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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studentlegalnetStudent Defense@studentlegalnet·
18h

400,000+ student borrowers with disabilities could soon be required to resume making loan payments they don’t owe, and we’re calling on @SecCardona and @usedgov to do something about it. Enough is enough. #DefendStudents

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/groups-push-easier-student-loan-relief-disabled-77171016

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studentlegalnetStudent Defense@studentlegalnet·
19 Apr

We’re teaming up with @justiceinaging and @DECLASI petitioning @usedgov to automate discharges for student borrowers with disabilities. 400,000+ people haven’t received the relief they are entitled to. #DefendStudents

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/groups-push-easier-student-loan-relief-disabled-77171016

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studentlegalnetStudent Defense@studentlegalnet·
19 Apr

We’re petitioning @usedgov to automate the debt relief process for 400,000+ student borrowers with disabilities. Read our 100 Day Docket proposal to do just that here #DefendStudents https://www.defendstudents.org/news/100-day-docket-making-relief-automatic-for-borrowers-with-total-and-permanent-disabilities

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studentlegalnetStudent Defense@studentlegalnet·
15 Apr

“I would like the individuals who are responsible for this, who have names and faces … to be dealt with in the way in which people who look like me are dealt with in the court of law under far less offenses.” #defendstudents

https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/they-took-my-choice-away-victims-of-for-profit-colleges-find-an-ally

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YoungInvincibleYoung Invincibles@YoungInvincible·
14 Apr

Proud to join @GIBillRights & 20+ groups in this letter urging @SecCardona to act to provide relief to students who were defrauded by predatory #4profit institutions and failed by the Department under then-Secretary Betsy DeVos. #DefendStudents #BorrowerDefense

Veterans Education Success@GIBillRights

We were pleased to help lead a letter from over 20 organizations to @usedgov about the urgent need to address the borrower defense program. Read the letter here: https://vetsedsuccess.org/letter-from-23-organizations-to-secretary-of-education-cardona-about-the-borrower-defense-program/

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