Coalition Letter from 80 Organizations to Secretary DeVos Urging the Department to Implement a Strong Borrower Defense Rule
80 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, servicemembers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access submitted joint comments to the Department of Education on the proposed negotiated rulemaking to rewrite the borrower...The Top 10 Ways that the New Borrower Defense Rule is Worse for Borrowers
Federal law allows students whose schools have defrauded or otherwise abused them to have their loans discharged. In 2016, the Obama Administration issued new rules to govern the process for applying for and granting borrower defense discharges, and the Trump...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...Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule
Legal Brief from 16 Organizations in Support of the Gainful Employment Rule
Sixteen organizations representing students, veterans, consumers, faculty and staff, civil rights, and more in support of 18 states in their lawsuit against the US Department of Education to stop the illegal delay of the gainful employment rule. The legal brief...The Borrower Defense Rule and Its Importance to Veterans
Cross-posted from Veterans Education Success The Borrower Defense Rule gives the Education Department the authority to forgive federal student loans for students that prove their debt was incurred because they were defrauded by a school. It has been in place for over...Further Borrower Defense Delays
On October 20, 2017, the Education Department announced further delays of the 2016 Borrower Defense rule. Yet, reports show that 87,000 defrauded borrowers continue to wait for the relief they are entitled to under the law and that the Department is contemplating...18 States File Lawsuit to Compel the Education Department to Enforce the Gainful Employment Rule
On October 17, 2017, 18 states led by Maryland and Pennsylvania sued the Department of Education for illegally delaying and refusing to enforce the gainful employment rule. Their complaint is based on the Department’s numerous violations of...Comments from 41 Organizations to Secretary DeVos Opposing the Gutting or Weakening of Regulations that Protect Students and Taxpayers
41 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, service members, college faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access professionals submitted public comments to Education Secretary DeVos urging the Department of Education to place the interests of...
400,000+ student borrowers with disabilities could soon be required to resume making loan payments they don’t owe, and we’re calling on @SecCardona and @usedgov to do something about it. Enough is enough. #DefendStudents
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/groups-push-easier-student-loan-relief-disabled-77171016
We’re teaming up with @justiceinaging and @DECLASI petitioning @usedgov to automate discharges for student borrowers with disabilities. 400,000+ people haven’t received the relief they are entitled to. #DefendStudents
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/groups-push-easier-student-loan-relief-disabled-77171016
We’re petitioning @usedgov to automate the debt relief process for 400,000+ student borrowers with disabilities. Read our 100 Day Docket proposal to do just that here #DefendStudents https://www.defendstudents.org/news/100-day-docket-making-relief-automatic-for-borrowers-with-total-and-permanent-disabilities
“I would like the individuals who are responsible for this, who have names and faces … to be dealt with in the way in which people who look like me are dealt with in the court of law under far less offenses.” #defendstudents
https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/they-took-my-choice-away-victims-of-for-profit-colleges-find-an-ally
Proud to join @GIBillRights & 20+ groups in this letter urging @SecCardona to act to provide relief to students who were defrauded by predatory #4profit institutions and failed by the Department under then-Secretary Betsy DeVos. #DefendStudents #BorrowerDefense
We were pleased to help lead a letter from over 20 organizations to @usedgov about the urgent need to address the borrower defense program. Read the letter here: https://vetsedsuccess.org/letter-from-23-organizations-to-secretary-of-education-cardona-about-the-borrower-defense-program/