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Professor Who Backed Warren's Debt Cancellation Plan Appointed for Education Department Role | Yahoo
A Harvard law professor who said the education secretary has legal authority to forgive $50,000 in student debt per person as Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposed was appointed to serve in the Department of Education's legal division.
Biden's Education Dept. Just Hired Elizabeth Warren's Student-Loans Expert, Who Studied Predatory Lending at Harvard | Business Insider
A new hire at the Education Department is another in the growing number of experts who have fought alongside Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to reform the student-loan debt system.
Did The Biden Administration Just Send A Big Signal On Student Loan Cancellation? | Forbes
The Biden administration may have just given proponents of broad student loan forgiveness a reason to hold out hope that the President will take action on student debt.
Debt Cancellation Backer at Harvard Named to Education Post | Bloomberg Law
A vocal proponent of canceling student loan debt is joining the Biden administration in a top role at the Education Department’s Office of the General Counsel.
Project on Predatory Student Lending Announces New Director, Eileen Connor | Press Release
The Project on Predatory Student Lending, the leading organization representing former students of predatory for-profit colleges, today announced that Eileen Connor will now lead the organization as the sole Director.
‘We’re Going to Lose a Generation of Student-Loan Borrowers’: Pressure Mounts to Extend Payment Pause | MarketWatch
When Catherine Bolton retired earlier this year, she entered her golden years with an obligation she’d hoped she would be done with by now: roughly $40,000 in student debt.
FAQ: What We Know About ED's Recent ITT Announcement
Recently, the Department of Education announced that it will approve a small portion of borrower defense applications for former ITT students, with 18,000 borrowers to receive a 100% discharge of their ITT debt. While this is great news for those select borrowers, there are still a lot of questions around what this means for the more than 700,000 former ITT students who were scammed by the school.
Statement on Education Department Approving ITT Borrower Defense Claims | Press Release
Today, the Department of Education announced that it will approve the borrower defense applications of a select 18,000 student borrowers who attended ITT Technical Institute (ITT). According to the Department, the borrowers will receive 100 percent loan discharges, resulting in approximately $500 million in relief.
Student Loan Truth: For-Profit Colleges Aren’t Just Out to Scam Students. They’re Scamming Their Parents, Too. | Blog
It’s no surprise that being ripped off by a for-profit college impacts more than just the student who attends. A student borrower’s unpayable debts affect their whole family. And there’s a way that parents can bear the debt burden personally: Parent PLUS loans.
Betsy DeVos Ordered to Testify in Student Borrower Class Action | Courthouse News Service
Rejecting arguments that making a cabinet official testify threatens the separation of powers, a federal judge this week ordered former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to answer questions about long delays and mass denials of student debt relief claims.