WASHINGTON, DC – As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the confirmation of Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as Secretary of Education, Student Defense strongly supports his confirmation and...
WASHINGTON, DC – As Dr. Miguel Cardona awaits a final Senate vote on his confirmation as Secretary of Education, Student Defense’s 100 Day Docket proposals are an opportunity for the...
Student Defense issued a statement in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as U.S....
WASHINGTON, DC – The State of California and Student Defense are bringing a challenge in federal court today, targeting the Trump Administration’s illegal distance learning regulations. The lawsuit seeks to...
Under federal law, student borrowers who are unable to work because they are “totally and permanently disabled” are eligible for a complete discharge of their federal student loans, and the...
This op-ed appeared in the Des Moines Register on January 3, 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement regarding the nomination of Miguel Cardona to serve as Secretary of Education. “Dr. Miguel Cardona’s solid track record in...
Democracy Journal is hosting an online symposium with Student Defense at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 17, on “Rebuilding Enforcement.” A panel of experts and veterans from previous administrations will...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and U.S. Congresswoman Katie Porter today called on the Department of Education to use every tool in its arsenal to improve enforcement against predatory colleges...
WASHINGTON, DC – In a case challenging the unfair denial of loan relief to a student who recently passed away, a federal district court ruled against Secretary of Education Betsy...
WASHINGTON, DC – The incoming administration can take immediate steps to improve protections for students in higher education, without Congressional action. Over the past two months, Student Defense has laid...
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter calling on Secretary of Education Betsy...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Attorneys General of Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania joined Student Defense today to call on the Department of Education to restore and improve a rule providing automatic...
Democracy Journal published a special symposium on the future of enforcement in a Biden administration, featuring an article by Student Defense President Aaron Ament, and Vice President Dan Zibel. The...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense Litigation Director Eric Rothschild issued a statement regarding House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott’s subpoena of several Department of Education employees regarding their...
WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to a lawsuit filed in federal court, the Department of Education acknowledged that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Federal Student Aid (FSA) did not have...
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 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...