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Key Coalition Materials


Key Coalition Materials

  • Protect Students and Taxpayers Coalition Two-pager (October 2020) 
  • Coalition Letter to the 118th Congress Setting Out Our Shared Accountability Priorities (February 2023) 
  • “Shattered” the Faces of the For-Profit College Crisis (Student Defense, 2019) 
  • Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective 
  • Study on Earnings and Debt of For-Profit Students in Certificate Programs (February 2018) 
  • Impact of Gainful Employment Rule on Students Attending the Career Programs by Demographic (July 2015) 
  • Student Protections and the Value of a Gainful Employment Rule (TICAS, December 2021)
  • Voters Overwhelmingly Support Guardrails on For-Profit Colleges, Finds TCF and Data for Progress Poll (The Century Foundation, January 2021) 
  • Coalition Letter to the Department of Education Seeking Transparency (March 2021) 
  • For-Profit Colleges Are Not Allies of HBCUs (Op-Ed, January 2022) 
  • 2022 Negotiated Rulemaking (New America & TICAS, March 2022) 

Student Voices

Hear real stories from real students

 

Editorials

  • How to Stop Schools That Prey on Veterans
    The New York Times
    March 30, 2021
  • Goodbye to Betsy DeVos, who survived by accomplishing almost nothing
    The Los Angeles Times
    December 9, 2020
  • Why is it so hard for Betsy DeVos to provide debt relief and loan forgiveness to students?
    The Los Angeles Times
    January 2, 2020

Recent Posts

  • Coalition Welcomes Department of Education’s Third-Party Servicer Guidance
  • Understanding State Authorization, Reciprocity, and NC-SARA to Protect Distance Education Students
  • Letter to the 118th Congress
  • Coalition Letter on Pell Eligibility for Students Who Are Incarcerated, Implementing 90/10 Loophole Regulations, and Regulating Institutional Changes in Ownership
  • Over a Dozen Organizations and Over 300 Signers Urge Education Department to Implement a Strong Borrower Defense Rule

#NegReg

NicholasKentEdNicholas Kent@NicholasKentEd·
26 Mar

While spring cleaning my home office, Mike says, “Why are you keeping all those #negreg binders from rulemakings that happened years ago?!” I explain because @usedgov regulates on the same damn topics every few years so they’re helpful. #groundhogsday

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4slj_4slj@4slj_·
23 Mar

@PaulaDee63 Enrollment’s down 8 % . This isn’t going the way colleges hoped when they sat down for #negreg

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RussPoulinRussell Poulin@RussPoulin·
23 Mar

The Department of Education Announces Public Hearings on Higher Education Rulemaking

@usedgov will hold public hearings Apr 11-13. https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-announces-public-hearings-higher-education-rulemaking #highered #negreg #edpollicy #onlinelerning #thirdpartyservicers #distanceeducation

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4slj_4slj@4slj_·
22 Mar

@JStein_WaPo I would like to see him work as hard personally to either #CancelAllStudentDebt or push 4 restoration of the bankruptcy protections he was instrumental n having removed.They need some common sense. #negreg isn’t that.Lets all the wrong ppl n2 the process who don’t want it to end

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Arnold_VenturesArnold Ventures@Arnold_Ventures·
1 Mar

Tonight at 6 p.m.! Get the story on #OPMs, #GainfulEmployment, #IncomeDrivenRepayment, #NegReg, #Accreditation, and more in #HigherEd.

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#defendstudents

NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
24 Mar

Education Department Announces Use of Secret Shoppers to Protect Student Against Unscrupulous Institutions http://ow.ly/FnVi50NreHL via @usedgov An important step in the effort to #defendstudents against predatory institutions https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NCLC4consumersNCLC@NCLC4consumers·
16 Mar

“The findings of this study are deeply alarming," said @nataliaabrams @DebtCrisisOrg. “We call on policymakers to take every step necessary to #ProtectBorrowers, including extending the payment pause and canceling debt.” #CancelStudentDebt #DefendStudents

Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC)@DebtCrisisOrg

RELEASE: #BeyondStudentDebt Report Reveals Student Loan Borrowers Struggling to Meet Basic Needs

https://studentdebtcrisis.org/release-beyond-student-debt/

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NACACWonkNACAC Wonk@NACACWonk·
3 Mar

How Can the Education Department Build a List of Low-Value College Programs? http://ow.ly/vfpG50N5S3q via @HigherEdDive @NACAC, along with student and consumer organizations, believes that we have to #defendstudents from predatory institutions https://bit.ly/3yxBkEi

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NCLC4consumersNCLC@NCLC4consumers·
28 Feb

“Default is a financial disaster for student loan borrowers...The Court should reject efforts to interfere with this critical relief; relief that Congress authorized and @SecCardona deemed necessary.” @KyraTaylor2022 #DefendStudents 2/2 https://www.nclc.org/defending-student-loan-cancellation/

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NCLC4consumersNCLC@NCLC4consumers·
28 Feb

Debt-free futures! @Dreamdefenders #DefendStudents #CancelStudentDebt #ProtectBorrowers

Student Borrower Protection Center@theSBPC

People's Rally for Student Debt Cancellation #CancelStudentDebt https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAVojvVMGb

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