Protect Students and Taxpayers is a coalition of organizations working on behalf of students, veterans, faculty
and staff, civil rights advocates, researchers and others concerned about unaffordable student debts and
predatory practices. The coalition strongly supports accountability provisions that offer college students
commonsense consumer protections. We oppose the delay, dismantling or weakening of policies that could
prevent taxpayer dollars being wasted, and we demand accountability for college programs that overcharge and
underdeliver. Through research, advocacy and litigation, we seek to improve transparency, oversight and
accountability in higher education and to address the disproportionate impact that predatory practices by
colleges have on students of color, low-income students and veterans.
Student Voices
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
- 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
- Coalition Letter Urging ED to Ensure Ban on Incentive Compensation is Being Followed by Colleges and OPMs
@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
Tonight at 6 p.m.! Get the story on #OPMs, #GainfulEmployment, #IncomeDrivenRepayment, #NegReg, #Accreditation, and more in #HigherEd.
See details below 👇
Are you joining us tonight for #WineWithWonks?
We can't wait to see you!
Check out our wonk lineup 🔥
@DrJChand
@MichelleDimino
Jared Bass @CAPHigherEd
@HigherEdEquity
@sellensatt
Jessica Taketa @Arnold_Ventures
@SatraFierce
@PrestonCooper93
@mamie_voight
@Catbrown66
According to @EdNCES, students at for-profit schools are disproportionately Black and female. Our work to strengthen the #BorrowerDefense Rule helps Black students who have been defrauded by predatory schools like @WaldenU. Find out how 👇 #NegReg (2/)
https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/a-letter-to-the-education-department-on-the-borrower-defense-rule
@NCSARA_News, created to ease interstate regulations for online schools, needs to do more to #ProtectStudents, say #HigherEd advocates including @Arnold_Ventures and grantees @TICAS, @TCFdotorg, @EdDebtJustice, @StudentLegalNet, and @GIBillRights. #NegReg
http://bit.ly/3K84WR4
“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
RELEASE: #BeyondStudentDebt Report Reveals Student Loan Borrowers Struggling to Meet Basic Needs
https://studentdebtcrisis.org/release-beyond-student-debt/
“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/
Debt-free futures! @Dreamdefenders #DefendStudents #CancelStudentDebt #ProtectBorrowers
People's Rally for Student Debt Cancellation #CancelStudentDebt https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAVojvVMGb
Yes, @SenWarren, we're fired up! #CancelStudentDebt #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents
HAPPENING NOW: I’m outside the Supreme Court with @theSBPC, advocates & borrowers to make it plain:
@POTUS' authority to #CancelStudentDebt is clear, and the Court must uphold the law.
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAVojvVMGb