Coalition Letter from 86 Organizations to Congress Opposing Attacks on Protections for Students and Taxpayers in the House PROSPER Act
On June 7, 2018, 86 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access...
Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule
Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule
Sixteen organizations representing students, veterans, consumers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and more in support of 18 states in their lawsuit...
The Borrower Defense Rule and Its Importance to Veterans
Cross-posted from Veterans Education Success The Borrower Defense Rule gives the Education Department the authority to forgive federal student loans...
Further Borrower Defense Delays
On October 20, 2017, the Education Department announced further delays of the 2016 Borrower Defense rule. Yet, reports show that 87,000 defrauded...
18 States File Lawsuit to Compel the Education Department to Enforce the Gainful Employment Rule
On October 17, 2017, 18 states led by Maryland and Pennsylvania sued the Department of Education for illegally delaying and...
Comments from 41 Organizations to Secretary DeVos Opposing the Gutting or Weakening of Regulations that Protect Students and Taxpayers
41 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, service members, college faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access...
Education Department Illegally Guts the Gainful Employment Rule
On August 17, 2017, the Department of Education announced its illegally gutting of the gainful employment regulation by allowing all...
Student and Consumer Advocates Testify in Support of the Gainful Employment and Borrower Defense Rules
During the week of July 10, 2017, the Department of Education held two public hearings to prepare for negotiated rulemaking on the borrower defense...
Coalition Comment Strongly Opposing the Delay, Dismantling, or Weakening of the Gainful Employment Rule or Borrower Defense Rule
Joint comments submitted by more than 50 organizations in response to the Department of Education’s plan to conduct negotiated rulemaking on the...
Administration Delays Parts of the Gainful Employment Rule
On June 30, 2017, the Education Department announced it was delaying key parts of the rule, citing a recent narrow court ruling (see...
Court Upholds the Gainful Employment Rule for the 4th Time
On June 28, 2017, a federal court upheld the gainful employment rule for the fourth time. Judge Rudolph Contreras denied the American Association of...
New Data Suggest No New Loan Discharges Approved in this Administration
On June 26, 2017, the Education Department released data to the Associated Press showing that no new loan discharges have been approved...
Administration Asks Public for Input on Regulations to Roll Back
On June 21, 2017, the Education Department signaled its intent to repeal, replace, or modify other regulations that may protect students...
Administration Delays the Borrower Defense Rule and Decides to Renegotiate Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment Rules
On June 14, 2017, the Education Department released two notices in the federal register. One notice delayed the bulk of the borrower...
Congress Decides Not to Gut the Borrower Defense Rule
On May 11, 2017, we succeeded in discouraging any attempt to repeal the borrower defense regulation using the Congressional Review Act in...
Coalition Letter Supporting Rules that Protect Students and Taxpayers from Waste and Fraud in Higher Education
Coalition letter from more than 50 organizations to Congress conveying strong support for the continued implementation and enforcement of important...
Final Debt-to-Earnings Rates for Gainful Employment Programs
On January 9, 2017, the Department of Education released the first debt-to-earnings rates for career training programs as required by the Gainful...
Program-Level Earnings Data for Career Education Programs
On November 17, 2016, the Department of Education release program-level earnings date for career education programs. The data show the typical...
Final Borrower Defense and College Accountability Regulations
The Administration released final borrower defense and college accountability regulations on October 28, 2016. The news release announcing the rules...
Coalition Letter to President Obama on Education Department Complaint Tracking System
Coalition letter to President Obama from 56 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty...
Coalition Letter Urging Strong Borrower Relief and College Accountability Regulations
Letter to Education Secretary John King from 58 organizations that advocate for students, veterans, service members, civil rights, consumers,...
Coalition Letter Opposing Efforts to Block Gainful Employment Regulation
Letter to all Members of Congress from more than 50 organizations that advocate for students, veterans, civil rights, consumers, college access and...
Department of Education Releases Draft Borrower Defense Rules
The U.S. Department of Education released proposed regulations that clarify and strengthen protections for federal student loan borrowers...
Coalition Letter on Implementation of the Gainful Employment Regulation
Letter from more than 50 organizations and advocates for students, consumers, veterans, service members, faculty and staff, civil rights and college...
Coalition Letter on Improving the Relief Process for Defrauded Students
Letter from more than 30 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights and college...
Coalition Letter Calling on Department of Education to Halt Federal Funding for Predatory Schools That Deny Students’ Legal Rights
Letter from 47 organizations in support of the citizen petition submitted to the Department of Education by Public Citizen requesting that the...
Coalition Letter to Education Department on Proposed Complaint Tracking System
Letter to Acting Education Secretary John King from 51 organizations that advocate on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff,...
Q&A on the 90-10 Rule
Cross-posted from the Institute for College Access & Success The 90-10 Rule is a federal law barring for-profit colleges from receiving more...
NACAC Letter Opposing Loopholes in Incentive Compensation Ban
Letter from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) opposing an amendment would create dangerous loopholes in the...
Letter to Secretary Duncan from Members of Congress About For-Profit Colleges Converting to Non-Profit
Nineteen Members of Congress sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan asking him to “carefully examine the recent conversions to determine...
Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective
A coalition of eight civil rights organizations released a policy brief, urging the U.S. Department of Education to release a strong gainful...
Harkin: Report Reveals Troubling Realities of For-Profit Schools
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin...
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin seminal report on the for-profit college industry
News Release Harkin: Report Reveals Troubling Realities of For-Profit Schools Monday, July 30, 2012WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA),...
Student Voices
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a massive weight off the shoulders of Navy veteran Nicole Wilson from Akron.
At #NegReg, she testified on how Bryant & Stratton College left her with a poor education and deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-nicole-wilson-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a nearly $170K weight off the shoulders of Army #veteran Greg Engle from Orlando.
At #NegReg, he testified on how University fo Phoenix left him deep in student loan debt: https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-greg-engle-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a major weight off the shoulders of military spouse Carolyn Hix.
During #NegReg, she testified on how Blair College left her deep in student loan debt: https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-carolyn-hix-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a nearly $90,000 weight off the shoulders of Army #veteran Alphi Coleman from Los Angeles.
At #NegReg, she testified on how University fo Phoenix left her deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-alphi-coleman-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
https://youtu.be/ouulp7EPm-w
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a $50,000 weight off the shoulders of US Army veteran Jarrod Thoma from Colorado Springs.
At #NegReg, he testified on how DeVry left him with a worthless piece of paper and deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-jarrod-thoma-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
