8/30/19 8/30/19

Chronicle of Higher Education: Ed Dept. Issues Final Rules for Defrauded Students; Activists Say the Rules Fall Short

8/29/19 8/29/19

Statement on Rollback of Protections for Defrauded Student Borrowers

8/28/19 8/28/19

MARKETWATCH: How one woman persuaded the government to forgive $63,000 in student-loan debt she incurred 15 years ago

8/25/19 8/25/19

Student Defense Film Screening at Drake University

Student Defense and the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement at Drake University hosted a special screening of the award-winning documentary Fail State.

8/23/19 8/23/19

THE WASHINGTON POST: Cancer, an abrupt school closure and a bureaucratic nightmare

8/22/19 8/22/19

Lawsuit Accuses DeVos & Education Department of Shortchanging Cancer Patient

An Illinois borrower sued Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education, for unlawfully denying him a loan discharge after his school closed while he was on leave battling cancer.

8/20/19 8/20/19

Student Defense Obtains Nearly $63,000 Loan Discharge for Student Defrauded by Court Reporting Institute

The U.S. Department of Education agreed to discharge approximately $63,000 of student loan debt owed by Christine Gold, who was defrauded by the predatory Court Reporting Institute in Seattle.

8/20/19 8/20/19

Obtaining $63,000 in loan relief for a woman who was defrauded by a for-profit college

Gold v. DeVos

8/4/19 8/4/19

Securing the Rights of Student Loan Borrowers to Assert Their Rights Under State Consumer Protection Laws

Lawson-Ross v. Great Lakes

7/23/19 7/23/19

The New York Times: Emails Show DeVos Aides Pulled Strings for Failing For-Profit Colleges

7/14/19 7/14/19

Student Defense and AFT Comment on Accreditation NPRM

7/14/19 7/14/19

Comment on Accreditation NPRM - State Authorization and Other Issues

7/14/19 7/14/19

Student Defense and AFT Request for Hearing on DeVos's Accreditation Proposal

7/14/19 7/14/19

Student Defense Demands Hearing on Accreditation, Challenges DeVos's Rulemaking

Student Defense, in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers, formally requested a public hearing on Secretary DeVos's proposed weakening of accountability standards for accreditors.

7/14/19 7/14/19

Data Quality Act Challenge re: Accreditation NPRM

7/11/19 7/11/19

Washington Post: American Federation of Teachers sues Betsy DeVos over public service loan forgiveness program

7/11/19 7/11/19

Politico: DeVos sued over student loan forgiveness program that denies 99 percent of applicants

7/11/19 7/11/19

NPR NEWS: Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven

7/10/19 7/10/19

Ensuring Millions of Public Employees Receive the Loan Forgiveness They Were Promised

Weingarten v. DeVos

7/9/19 7/9/19

Trump Administration Forced to Provide Loan Forgiveness to Students who Attended Closed Schools

HERA v. DeVos

Chronicle of Higher Education: Ed Dept. Issues Final Rules for Defrauded Students; Activists Say the Rules Fall Short

Statement on Rollback of Protections for Defrauded Student Borrowers

MARKETWATCH: How one woman persuaded the government to forgive $63,000 in student-loan debt she incurred 15 years ago

Student Defense Film Screening at Drake University

THE WASHINGTON POST: Cancer, an abrupt school closure and a bureaucratic nightmare

Lawsuit Accuses DeVos & Education Department of Shortchanging Cancer Patient

Student Defense Obtains Nearly $63,000 Loan Discharge for Student Defrauded by Court Reporting Institute

Obtaining $63,000 in loan relief for a woman who was defrauded by a for-profit college

Securing the Rights of Student Loan Borrowers to Assert Their Rights Under State Consumer Protection Laws

The New York Times: Emails Show DeVos Aides Pulled Strings for Failing For-Profit Colleges

Student Defense and AFT Comment on Accreditation NPRM

Comment on Accreditation NPRM - State Authorization and Other Issues

Student Defense and AFT Request for Hearing on DeVos's Accreditation Proposal

Student Defense Demands Hearing on Accreditation, Challenges DeVos's Rulemaking

Data Quality Act Challenge re: Accreditation NPRM

Washington Post: American Federation of Teachers sues Betsy DeVos over public service loan forgiveness program

Politico: DeVos sued over student loan forgiveness program that denies 99 percent of applicants

NPR NEWS: Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven

Ensuring Millions of Public Employees Receive the Loan Forgiveness They Were Promised

Trump Administration Forced to Provide Loan Forgiveness to Students who Attended Closed Schools

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