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...
This article appeared in the American Prospect on May 31, 2020. The original article is available here. Unsanitized: States and Consumer Advocates Battling for Student Borrowers The following is a...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Student Defense and Democracy Forward filed a class-action lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for their departments’ illegal seizures of thousands...
Student Defense and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), with the support of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense Vice President and Chief Counsel Dan Zibel issued a statement regarding today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in...
Here's what student borrowers need to know about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Illegal Delays in Payments Put Vulnerable Students in Financial Distress DES MOINES – Student Defense and Wandro & Associates, P.C., on behalf of a class of current and former students, today...
Student Defense and Partner Organizations Call on Secretary DeVos to Provide Automatic Total and Permanent Disability Loan Discharges to Borrowers she has Already Identified as Eligible WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense...
This blog post is intended to provide information on closed school discharge eligibility for students who attended Dream Center-owned schools, as well as parent PLUS borrowers who took out loans...
Department Agrees to Extend Window for Closed School Discharges in Response to Student Defense Litigation over DeVos’s Illegal Support of Failing For-Profit Schools WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense announced another victory...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and Democracy Forward released statements today responding to the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) withdrawing its application for recognition by the Council for...
The American Federation of Teachers and Student Defense sued over the Trump administration’s illegal repeal of protections for students at for-profit and career college programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, and Housing and Economic Rights Advocates issued statements today responding to the U.S. Department of Education’s confirmation that it had...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense issued a statement today applauding the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury’s January 15, 2020 determination that discharges provided under the borrower defense...
A federal court ruled Monday that Student Defense’s lawsuit against the Dream Center Foundation can continue, an important development that sets the stage for discovery and potential relief for students...
Washington, D.C. - Student Defense, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing students’ rights to educational opportunity, released a statement responding to Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business filing...
More than 1,500 Students to Receive Relief in Reversal by the U.S. Department of Education WASHINGTON, DC — Student Defense announced today that over 1,500 students represented in the class-action...
Former students of the Illinois Institute of Art and the Art Institute of Colorado sued Secretary Betsy DeVos and the US Department of Education, for illegally propping up the two...
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Student Defense announced the launch of its Quality Assurance Initiative and the publication of three new reports on how accreditors can better protect student borrowers.
Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued the following statement responding to the Department of Education’s rollback of the 2016 Borrower Defense regulation: “Secretary DeVos continues to be more focused on collecting...
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.
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...
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.
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.