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Defrauded student loan borrowers ask government to return their refunds | The Washington Post
Now attorneys at the legal outfit Project on Predatory Student Lending are pressing the Education Department to apply the policy change retroactively. The organization, which has represented former for-profit college students in high-profile cases, recently wrote the department after hearing from Ellis and others about their refunds.
US Supreme Court Refuses To Halt $6 Billion Student Debt Settlement | BizReports
Eileen Connor, director of litigation at the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a group that represents borrowers involved in the settlement, stated that “the message is clear: the rights of student borrowers will not falter, even in the face of well-funded, overblown political attacks masquerading as legal argument.”
University of Southern California social work students just sued the school | Business Insider
Last week, the Project on Predatory Student Lending filed a lawsuit on behalf of three graduates of USC's online Master of Social Work program, accusing the school of falsely advertising the online program and claiming it had the same offerings as USC's in-person program on campus, charging the same $100,000 tuition for both of the programs.
USC graduates sue over online social work program, alleging false advertising | Higher Ed Dive
The Project on Predatory Student Lending, which specializes in claims involving former students of for-profit colleges, is representing the plaintiffs. Its president and director, Eileen Connor, described the university’s online social work program as “an expensive diploma mill.”
USC peddled inferior online social work grad program to use as 'cash cow,' lawsuit alleges | LA Times
“I felt hurt that a university like USC — very prestigious, well-known — would knowingly use deceitful recruitment tactics to target students going into a profession that is meant to help communities that are oftentimes marginalized,” said Luna, who graduated in May 2021.
University of Southern California sued over online 'diploma mill' programs | USA Today
“USC used its brand to deliberately deceive unsuspecting students to create a ‘cash cow’ through its inferior online MSW program at students’ expense,” said Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, which is helping to represent the plaintiffs, in a statement.
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.