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Lawsuit Says University of Southern California Used Misleading Practices to Sell Online Social-Work Degree | Wall Street Journal
The Project on Predatory Student Lending has sued for-profit colleges such as ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges in the past. This is its first case against a traditional nonprofit institution, said Eileen Connor, president.
Social Work Graduate Students Sue USC Over Online MSW “Diploma Mill”
Graduates of the University of Southern California’s (USC) online Master of Social Work (MSW) program filed a class action lawsuit against USC for misrepresentation, false advertising, and other deceptive, unfair and unlawful business practices.
Supreme Court allows $6 billion in payments to continue in student loan relief case | FOX Business
"Today’s swift and decisive action from the highest court should end, once and for all, any ongoing debate about the legitimacy of this settlement," Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), said in a statement after the high court’s decision.
Supreme Court declines to block student loan settlement in fraud suit | Top Class Action
“Today’s swift and decisive action from the highest court should end, once and for all, any ongoing debate about the legitimacy of this settlement,” Project on Predatory Student Lending President and Director Eileen Connor told CNBC.
Supreme Court greenlights student loan forgiveness for defrauded borrowers. What's next? | USA Today
“The schools set their sails to catch political headwinds by falsely equating the settlement of long-standing and hard-fought litigation with a completely distinct program of broad-based debt cancellation that is currently under review by the Supreme Court,” said Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, in a statement.
Supreme Court declined to block $6 billion student loan settlement. Here’s who qualifies for forgiveness. | CNBC
“Today’s swift and decisive action from the highest court should end, once and for all, any ongoing debate about the legitimacy of this settlement,” said Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending.
What the Supreme Court’s decision to let $6 billion in student-loan relief move forward means for borrowers | MarketWatch
Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, which represents the borrowers in the case, called the Supreme Court’s decision “decisive and swift.”
Student Borrowers Win Another Victory in Sweet v. Cardona as Supreme Court Denies Intervenors’ SCOTUS Petition Attempting to Stop Settlement
The Supreme Court denied a petition filed by three intervening institutions—Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, American National University, and Everglades College, Inc.—asking SCOTUS to stay the $6 billion borrower defense settlement and seeking to bypass the standard appeals process.
Student Borrowers in Sweet v. Cardona Defend $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement in SCOTUS Brief
In the class-action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona, borrowers filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in response to a petition filed by three intervening institutions—Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, American National University, and Everglades College, Inc.—asking SCOTUS to stay the $6 billion borrower defense settlement and seeking to bypass the standard appeals process, which is set to begin in May in the Ninth Circuit.
$6 billion in student-loan forgiveness for 200,000 borrowers just cleared another hurdle | Business Insider
"In 2019, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, on behalf of borrowers who believed they were defrauded by the schools they attended, filed a lawsuit — now known as Sweet vs. Cardona — over stalled borrower defense claims, which are claims borrowers can file to get their debt discharged if they can prove they were defrauded by their school.”