WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today called on the Department of Education to expand debt relief to more student loan borrowers, through the use of...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and U.S. Senator Chris Coons today called on the Department of Education to provide total and permanent disability (TPD) student loan discharges to more than...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and Senator Elizabeth Warren today called on the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos to hold college owners and executives personally liable for...
Student Defense Launches 100 Day Docket Initiative to Help Next Department of Education Take Immediate, Decisive Action to Help Students WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense, the Defend Students Action Fund,...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense published a new paper today, titled Protection and the Unseen: How the U.S. Department of Education’s Undeveloped Authorities Can Protect Students and Promote Equity in...
WASHINGTON, DC – A federal court ruled today that Student Defense’s lawsuit challenging the illegal repeal of the Gainful Employment rule can continue. On behalf of the American Federation of...
Student Defense and American Oversight today filed a lawsuit in federal district court, demanding that the Department of Education disclose performance agreements, performance evaluations, and bonus payments to the Chief Operating...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement today commending the student debt policy proposals released by the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force. The task force recommended requiring for-profit colleges...
WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on higher education, Student Defense and the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) sent a letter today to state authorizers,...
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued statements today responding to the announcement that Pennsylvania, Maryland, 16 other states and the District of...
Student Defense and American Oversight today called on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to publicly release the legally-required performance plans for the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA). During...