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Court Ruling Clears The Way For 2016 Borrower Defense Rule To Take Effect | Press Release
Students have succeeded in pushing back against efforts by the Department of Education and the for-profit college industry to halt the 2016 borrower defense rule—a set of regulations intended to protect student loan borrowers from predatory schools.
Project on Predatory Student Lending Launches #CancelCorinthian Campaign | Press Release
Thousands of former Corinthian students are eligible for debt cancellation. Attorneys General, Senators, and others are urging the Department of Education to cancel all Corinthian Debt once and for all.
Statement About Report That Department Of Education Will Miss Key Deadline On Borrower Defense | Press Release
In a report by Bloomberg last night and a subsequent court filing, the Department of Education confirmed that it will miss a key November 1 deadline to publish final borrower defense and gainful employment regulations.
Statement About Court Decision on Illegal Borrower Defense Delays | Press Release
In another victory for student borrowers, a federal judge late Monday vacated the Department of Education’s delays of the 2016 borrower defense rule that included critical protections for student borrowers. The ruling follows last Wednesday’s decision that the Department’s delays were illegal, and Friday’s hearing on how the Department should proceed.
Court Agrees That Trump’s Education Department Unlawfully Delayed a Rule That Protects Students From Predatory Schools | Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education broke the law when it delayed a rule designed to protect students defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges and career training programs, a federal district court judge ruled late Wednesday.
California AG Calls For Department Of Education To Withdraw Its Proposed Borrower Defense Rule | Press Release
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the Department of Education to withdraw its proposed Borrower Defense rule immediately and begin the public process again, citing documents released last week by the Project on Predatory Student Lending that show the Department’s proposed rule is based on a lie.
Department of Education’s Borrower Defense Includes Fundamental Lie, Documents Show | Press Release
The new Borrower Defense Rule proposed by the Department of Education last week is based on a lie, recently published documents have shown.
In Another Injustice For ITT Students, Predatory ITT Executives Get July 4 Weekend Gift While Defrauded Students Left Holding The Bag | Press Release
Late on Friday, it was announced that the SEC had settled its case against former ITT executives Kevin Modany and Daniel Fitzpatrick for cheating the company’s shareholders and operating the company for their own personal financial benefit. The settlement, reached on Friday, July 6 just before the trial was set to start today, lets them walk away with a slap on the wrist.