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Stakeholders Meet this Week to Rewrite Obama-Era For-Profit College Rules | Market Watch
For the past several years, students who believe they’ve been scammed by their colleges have waited in limbo while policy makers and industry stakeholders determine their fate.
Lawsuit Seeks New Recourse on For-Profit College Fraud | U.S. NEWS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women who claim they were defrauded by a for-profit college have sued the Education Department and a private loan servicer in a case their attorneys say could provide a new legal remedy for tens of thousands of students frustrated with the department's inaction on claims seeking loan forgiveness.
Almost All Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profit Colleges, Study Finds | Chicago Tribune
Students who attended for-profit colleges filed more than 98% of the requests for student loan forgiveness alleging fraud by their schools, according to an analysis of Education Department data published Thursday.
Healey Slams Loan Forgiveness Change | Boston Herald
State Attorney General Maura Healey yesterday fired back at U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos following a report that the Trump administration may only partially forgive federal loans of students defrauded by for-profit colleges.
AP Sources: DeVos May Only Partly Forgive Some Student Loans | Associated Press
The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration's policy of erasing that debt.
Trump Policy Halts Loan Relief for Thousands of Students | The Boston Globe
Kennya Cabrera Garcia is among 65,000 student borrowers across the country who were put into financial limbo after a federal college loan forgiveness program was put on hold.
How Betsy DeVos is Quietly Erasing Obama's Education Legacy | Vox
From dropping protections for transgender students to fostering a friendlier climate for for-profit colleges, DeVos has made an immediate mark.
Feds Found Widespread Fraud at Corinthian Colleges. Why are Students Still Paying the Price? | The Washington Post
Nearly 80,000 students of defunct for-profit giant Corinthian Colleges are facing some form of debt collection, even though the U.S. Department of Education unearthed enough evidence of fraud to forgive their student loans, according to an investigation by the staff of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
Hundreds protest DeVos during Harvard visit | The Boston Globe
US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was met Wednesday evening by hundreds of protesters outside Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and more than two dozen students inside standing silently, fists raised, with signs criticizing her positions on campus sexual assault and school choice.
DeVos Rejects Invitation to Meet with Former For-Profit College Students | The Washington Post
When attorneys at Harvard Law School’s Project on Predatory Student Lending learned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was speaking at the Ivy League university Thursday evening, they saw an opportunity to connect her with the for-profit college students they serve.