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Judge rejects settlement over stalled student debt relief claims, blames DeVos for harming borrowers

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Oct 20, 2020 | Borrower Defense

A federal judge on Monday rejected a proposed settlement between the Trump administration and defrauded borrowers after the Education Department revealed its widespread denials of requests for student debt cancellation.

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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

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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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