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Nearly 4,500 American Career Institute Students Are Receiving $30 Million in Debt Relief | Mass Live
Almost 4,500 Massachusetts students who attended the for-profit American Career Institute are set to receive $30 million in debt relief from the U.S. Department of Education.
New Student Lawsuit Details ITT Tech Scam | Huffington Post
Former students from across the country today filed a blockbuster lawsuit against the collapsed for-profit college giant ITT Tech.
Forging a Path to Debt Cancellation for Former ITT Tech Students | Harvard Law
On Jan. 3, the Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School filed a 7.3 billion dollar class action lawsuit in the bankruptcy proceedings of ITT Tech, one of the country’s largest for-profit college chains, on behalf of a proposed class of hundreds of thousands of former ITT Tech students in all 37 states in which the now defunct college had operated.
New Student Lawsuit Details ITT Tech Scam | Huffington Post
Former students from across the country today filed a blockbuster lawsuit against the collapsed for-profit college giant ITT Tech. The students’ complaint, seeking to intervene in the ongoing bankruptcy proceeding filed by the company, draws on testimonials from hundreds of students — veterans, single mothers, and more — who say they were deceived and abused by ITT.
Forging a Path to Debt Cancellation for Former ITT Tech Students | Harvard Law Today
On Jan. 3, the Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School filed a 7.3 billion dollar class action lawsuit in the bankruptcy proceedings of ITT Tech, one of the country’s largest for-profit college chains, on behalf of a proposed class of hundreds of thousands of former ITT Tech students in all 37 states in which the now defunct college had operated.
Ex-ITT Students Want to Join Suit to Get Debt Canceled | USA TODAY
Last week, a group of former ITT Tech students moved to establish themselves as creditors in the school's bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Update | New York Times Calls Former ITT Students’ Legal Action ‘Gratifying’
“It seems only right that victims of predatory for-profit education companies should have their student loans forgiven,” the article begins. It goes on to discuss the validity of students’ claims, their difficulty in getting debt relief, and the thousand of pages of “powerful testimony” submitted with the students’ complaint. As the article explains, the evidence shows “a pattern of practice that dispels any notion that bad behavior harmed just a handful of ITT students.”
Students File Lawsuit Against ITT Tech | JD Journal
Former ITT Tech students filed a lawsuit against the now defunct for-profit college. The students are seeking participation in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings, using testimonials from hundreds of students that claim they were deceived and abused by ITT Tech.
Student Victims Seek to Become Creditors in ITT Bankruptcy | The New York Times
It seems only right that victims of predatory for-profit education companies should have their student loans forgiven. After all, in addition to being left with mountains of debt, former students have worthless degrees from schools that no longer exist, such as those once operated by the defunct Corinthian Colleges or ITT Educational Services.
ITT Trustee Responds to Class Action Complaint | Business Wire
Deborah J. Caruso, the chapter 7 Trustee appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court to oversee the liquidation of the estate of the failed ITT Educational Services, Inc. and ITT Technical Institute today responded to the purported class action complaint filed by the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School on behalf of all former ITT students.