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 letterDear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses
Cross-posted from Stephanie Hall and Taela Dudley, The Century Foundation As public and nonprofit colleges have sought to expand their online course offerings, a major industry has developed to help them with that task. These private, for-profit developers—including...Coalition Letter to Senators Hassan and Durbin in Support of the PROTECT Students Act
Coalition letter from 56 organizations representing and advocating for students, families, taxpayers, veterans and service members, faculty and staff, civil rights and consumers, expressing strong support for the PROTECT Students Act. Read the letterComments from 62 Organizations on the Department of Education’s 2019 Regulatory Agenda
62 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, families, taxpayers, veterans and service members submitted joint comments that express grave concern that the Department of Education’s 2019 regulatory agenda will result in the weakening of critical...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 sent a letter to Congress opposing attacks on protections for students and taxpayers. They support the gainful employment...
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
