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Coalition Letter from 86 Organizations to Congress Opposing Attacks on Protections for Students and Taxpayers in the House PROSPER Act

Jun 7, 2018 | Career Education Accountability

On June 7, 2018, 86 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access...

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Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule

Mar 11, 2018 | Gainful Employment

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Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule

Mar 1, 2018 | Gainful Employment

Sixteen organizations representing students, veterans, consumers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and more in support of 18 states in their lawsuit...

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The Borrower Defense Rule and Its Importance to Veterans

Dec 1, 2017 | Borrower Defense, Military / Veterans

Cross-posted from Veterans Education Success The Borrower Defense Rule gives the Education Department the authority to forgive federal student loans...

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Further Borrower Defense Delays

Oct 20, 2017 | Borrower Defense

On October 20, 2017, the Education Department announced further delays of the 2016 Borrower Defense rule. Yet, reports show that 87,000 defrauded...

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18 States File Lawsuit to Compel the Education Department to Enforce the Gainful Employment Rule

Oct 17, 2017 | Gainful Employment

On October 17, 2017, 18 states led by Maryland and Pennsylvania sued the Department of Education for illegally delaying and...

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Comments from 41 Organizations to Secretary DeVos Opposing the Gutting or Weakening of Regulations that Protect Students and Taxpayers

Sep 20, 2017 | Uncategorized

41 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, service members, college faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access...

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Education Department Illegally Guts the Gainful Employment Rule

Aug 17, 2017 | Gainful Employment

On August 17, 2017, the Department of Education announced its illegally gutting of the gainful employment regulation by allowing all...

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Student and Consumer Advocates Testify in Support of the Gainful Employment and Borrower Defense Rules

Jul 10, 2017 | Borrower Defense, Gainful Employment

During the week of July 10, 2017, the Department of Education held two public hearings to prepare for negotiated rulemaking on the borrower defense...

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Coalition Comment Strongly Opposing the Delay, Dismantling, or Weakening of the Gainful Employment Rule or Borrower Defense Rule

Jul 1, 2017 | Borrower Defense, Gainful Employment

Joint comments submitted by more than 50 organizations in response to the Department of Education’s plan to conduct negotiated rulemaking on the...

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Administration Delays Parts of the Gainful Employment Rule

Jun 30, 2017 | Gainful Employment

On June 30, 2017, the Education Department announced it was delaying key parts of the rule, citing a recent narrow court ruling (see...

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Court Upholds the Gainful Employment Rule for the 4th Time

Jun 28, 2017 | Gainful Employment

On June 28, 2017, a federal court upheld the gainful employment rule for the fourth time. Judge Rudolph Contreras denied the American Association of...

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New Data Suggest No New Loan Discharges Approved in this Administration

Jun 26, 2017 | Borrower Defense

On June 26, 2017, the Education Department released data to the Associated Press showing that no new loan discharges have been approved...

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Administration Asks Public for Input on Regulations to Roll Back

Jun 21, 2017 | Uncategorized

On June 21, 2017, the Education Department signaled its intent to repeal, replace, or modify other regulations that may protect students...

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Administration Delays the Borrower Defense Rule and Decides to Renegotiate Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment Rules

Jun 14, 2017 | Borrower Defense, Gainful Employment

On June 14, 2017, the Education Department released two notices in the federal register. One notice delayed the bulk of the borrower...

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Congress Decides Not to Gut the Borrower Defense Rule

May 11, 2017 | Borrower Defense

On May 11, 2017, we succeeded in discouraging any attempt to repeal the borrower defense regulation using the Congressional Review Act in...

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Coalition Letter Supporting Rules that Protect Students and Taxpayers from Waste and Fraud in Higher Education

Mar 1, 2017 | Career Education Accountability

Coalition letter from more than 50 organizations to Congress conveying strong support for the continued implementation and enforcement of important...

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Final Debt-to-Earnings Rates for Gainful Employment Programs

Jan 9, 2017 | Gainful Employment

On January 9, 2017, the Department of Education released the first debt-to-earnings rates for career training programs as required by the Gainful...

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Program-Level Earnings Data for Career Education Programs

Nov 17, 2016 | Gainful Employment

On November 17, 2016, the Department of Education release program-level earnings date for career education programs. The data show the typical...

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Final Borrower Defense and College Accountability Regulations

Oct 28, 2016 | Borrower Defense, Career Education Accountability

The Administration released final borrower defense and college accountability regulations on October 28, 2016. The news release announcing the rules...

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Coalition Letter to President Obama on Education Department Complaint Tracking System

Oct 1, 2016 | Uncategorized

Coalition letter to President Obama from 56 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty...

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Coalition Letter Urging Strong Borrower Relief and College Accountability Regulations

Aug 1, 2016 | Borrower Defense, Career Education Accountability

Letter to Education Secretary John King from 58 organizations that advocate for students, veterans, service members, civil rights, consumers,...

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Coalition Letter Opposing Efforts to Block Gainful Employment Regulation

Jun 21, 2016 | Gainful Employment

Letter to all Members of Congress from more than 50 organizations that advocate for students, veterans, civil rights, consumers, college access and...

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Department of Education Releases Draft Borrower Defense Rules

Jun 1, 2016 | Borrower Defense

The U.S. Department of Education released proposed regulations that clarify and strengthen protections for federal student loan borrowers...

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Coalition Letter on Implementation of the Gainful Employment Regulation

May 4, 2016 | Gainful Employment

Letter from more than 50 organizations and advocates for students, consumers, veterans, service members, faculty and staff, civil rights and college...

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Coalition Letter on Improving the Relief Process for Defrauded Students

Mar 11, 2016 | Borrower Defense

Letter from more than 30 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights and college...

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Coalition Letter Calling on Department of Education to Halt Federal Funding for Predatory Schools That Deny Students’ Legal Rights

Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized

Letter from 47 organizations in support of the citizen petition submitted to the Department of Education by Public Citizen requesting that the...

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Coalition Letter to Education Department on Proposed Complaint Tracking System

Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

Letter to Acting Education Secretary John King from 51 organizations that advocate on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff,...

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Q&A on the 90-10 Rule

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...

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NACAC Letter Opposing Loopholes in Incentive Compensation Ban

Jun 10, 2015 | Career Education Accountability

Letter from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) opposing an amendment would create dangerous loopholes in the...

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Letter to Secretary Duncan from Members of Congress About For-Profit Colleges Converting to Non-Profit

Apr 27, 2015 | Nonprofit Conversion

Nineteen Members of Congress sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan asking him to “carefully examine the recent conversions to determine...

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Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective

Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized

A coalition of eight civil rights organizations released a policy brief, urging the U.S. Department of Education to release a strong gainful...

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Harkin: Report Reveals Troubling Realities of For-Profit Schools

Jul 30, 2012 | Career Education Accountability

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin...

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U.S. Senator Tom Harkin seminal report on the for-profit college industry

Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

News Release Harkin: Report Reveals Troubling Realities of For-Profit Schools Monday, July 30, 2012WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA),...

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    December 9, 2020
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    January 2, 2020

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  • What Will Happen If We Reinstate the Gainful Employment Rule?
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#NegReg

GIBillRightsVeterans Education Success@GIBillRights·
23 Jun

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/

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GIBillRightsVeterans Education Success@GIBillRights·
23 Jun

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/

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GIBillRightsVeterans Education Success@GIBillRights·
23 Jun

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/

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GIBillRightsVeterans Education Success@GIBillRights·
23 Jun

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/

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GIBillRightsVeterans Education Success@GIBillRights·
23 Jun

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/

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#defendstudents

NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
28 Jun

Ed Department Strikes $6 Billion Settlement with Students Who Attended #4Profit Colleges http://ow.ly/hcET50JGASw via @HigherEdDive More information on how to #DefendStudents against predatory colleges http://ow.ly/jQC050JGASy

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
23 Jun

Education Department Won't Hold For-Profit College Executives Personally Accountable http://ow.ly/kXfQ50JCVQX via @TheProspect #4profit #highered More on how to #defendstudents against predatory institutions https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
21 Jun

Opinion: Student Loans Forgiven, But Failed Colleges Should Pay http://ow.ly/NQeH50JCVG8 via @Bloomberg #4profit #highered More on how to #defendstudents https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
7 Jun

Statement of Vice-President Kamala Harris on Corinthian Student Loan Forgiveness http://ow.ly/Smu050JpvR7 via @WhiteHouse The result of many years of advocacy--still more to do. More on how to #defendstudents against predatory practices: https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi #4profit #highered

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
6 Jun

ICYMI: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Broad Debt Relief for Victims of Former #4Profit Corinthian Colleges http://ow.ly/CqXC50JpuZ5 via @DaHalperin More on how to #defendstudents against predatory recruitment: https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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