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My Student Loan Truth: Theresa’s Brooks Institute Story | Blog
When Theresa graduated from the Brooks Institute in 2006, she never imagined that she would find herself suing the U.S. Department of Education years later over her student loan debt. This is her story.
DeVos Sued Over Stalled Processing of Student Loan Fraud Claims | Politico Pro
A group of former for-profit college students on Tuesday plan to file a proposed class action lawsuit that challenges the Trump administration’s failure to process a growing backlog of student loan fraud claims.
Servicers Are Wrongly Denying Closed School Discharges to Art Institute of Phoenix Students. Why? | Blog
Borrowers are eligible for a closed school discharge as long as they didn’t complete their program or transfer credits to a comparable program and were enrolled within 120 days of the schools’ closure date—in this case, December 14, 2018.
Former for-profit college students will have $168 million in student debt cancelled | Market Watch
More than 18,000 students who attended a now-defunct for-profit college will have $168 million in private loan debt discharged. The loan cancellation is part of a proposed deal between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, attorneys general of 43 states and the District of Columbia and Student CU Connect (or the CUSO), a company that held and managed private loans taken out by students at ITT Tech.
ITT Trustee, CFPB, and States Settle with Private Lender to Eliminate Millions in Debt | Blog
Settlements Do More for Cheated ITT Students Than DeVos As Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education continue to sit idly, indifferent to massive fraud committed by ITT against more than 750,000 former students, the CFPB and a group of 44 states and the District of Columbia filed proposed settlements with one of ITT’s private…
Project on Predatory Student Lending Director Toby Merrill Honored By American Constitution Society | Blog
Project on Predatory Student Lending Director and founder Toby Merrill was honored as a finalist for the prestigious David Carliner Public Interest Award by the American Constitution Society.
In the Fight for Student Loan Relief | Blog
For years, Corinthian Colleges, a network of over one hundred for-profit schools, defrauded students to rake in profits from taxpayer-funded federal student aid. Tens of thousands of students—many the first in their families to seek out higher education—were promised serious career training and job prospects, but left Corinthian’s campuses with little more than thousands of dollars in debt.
Student Loan Discharge Bar Lower but Still Tough in New Proposal | Bloomberg Government
Students who were misled by colleges into attending and who are now seeking loan forgiveness would have an easier time under a revised Trump administration proposal but they could still face an uphill climb.
Cancel Student Debt, Boost the Economy | Medium
In April, Senator Elizabeth Warren released a bold plan for free public college and debt cancellation. This transformational proposal takes direct aim at some of the deepest inequities in education in America, and it’s funded by her Ultra-Millionaire tax on wealth above 50 million. The plan includes a $50 billion minimum fund for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions, and will make public college tuition-free at both two- and four-year institutions.
Turning to Courts for Loan Forgiveness | Inside Higher Ed
Earlier this year, Sarah Dieffenbacher closed the book on a two-year legal fight with the U.S. Department of Education over her student loan debt. But the resolution was unsatisfying to Dieffenbacher. Instead of getting a ruling on the loan-forgiveness claim she filed for debt racked up at the former Everest College, the department discharged her loans through bankruptcy court.