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DeVos plan on student fraud claims contains errors, group says | Politico Pro
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposal to rein in federal loan forgiveness for defrauded students contains inaccurate statements about how the Education Department previously handled fraud claims, according to a consumer advocacy group. Harvard Law School’s Project on Predatory Lending says that emails and documents show that the Trump administration erroneously described how the department processed student fraud claims during the last two decades.
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.
Update | Delay. Delay. Delay. The Department of Education Appeals Preliminary Injunction Order and Moves to Stay Litigation Pending Appeal: What it Means and What Happens Next?
On May 25, 2018, a federal court in San Francisco granted former Corinthian borrowers’ motion for a preliminary injunction in Calvillo Manriquez v. DeVos, ordering the Department of Education to stop using its “average rulings rule” immediately, and to stop collecting the loans of certain Corinthian borrowers.
Update | Project on Predatory Student Lending Partners with Lawyers' Committee on Harvard Law Review Blog Post
Toby Merrill, Eileen Connor, and Josh Rovenger from the Project on Predatory Student Lending recently partnered with Brenda Shum and Genevieve Bonadies at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on a blog post for the Harvard Law Review Blog.
For-Profit Schools’ Predatory Practices and Students of Color: A Mission to Enroll Rather than Educate | Harvard Law Review
In a move with significant implications for federal civil rights enforcement, the Department of Education has halted investigations into several large for-profit institutions widely accused of defrauding students. This decision sends an even clearer message that the Department of Education stands on the side of corrupt corporations rather than with students.
Betsy DeVos Doesn't Give a Damn About Students, Education or the Cost Thereof | The Root
Can we stop telling the lie that Betsy DeVos has the best interest of this nation’s students at heart? The U.S. Department of Education has devolved into yet another classist system of oppression set up to hold down people of color and low-income families. This latest move by DeVos is proof of that.
Update | Department of Education’s Proposed New Borrower Defense Rule Enables Predatory For-Profit Colleges And Harms Students
Today, the Department of Education proposed a new borrower defense rule that strips away borrower rights, encourages the predatory behaviors of bad actors in higher education, and once again, benefits the for-profit college industry instead of students.
Student Loans: Borrowers Could Face Tighter Federal Standard for Debt Forgiveness | USA Today
People with student loans could soon find it harder to prove that the federal government should forgive their debts based on allegations of false promises or frauds by their schools. The Trump administration on Wednesday issued a proposed new rule for dealing with so-called borrower defense claims filed by former students who say colleges misled them with unrealistic data about their job prospects after graduation or other frauds.
DeVos Rules Would Cut Estimated $13B in Student Loan Relief | Associated Press
Students who are defrauded by their schools would have a harder time getting their federal loans erased under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Wednesday. The proposal, which aims to replace a set of Obama-era rules that were never implemented, drew applause from the for-profit industry but sharp criticism from advocacy groups that represent student borrowers.
DeVos Proposes to Curtail Debt Relief for Defrauded Students | New York Times
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed on Wednesday to curtail Obama administration loan forgiveness rules for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, requiring that student borrowers show they have fallen into hopeless financial straits or prove that their colleges knowingly deceived them.