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...
In light of recent college and university closures, the higher education community must pay more attention to how students fare when their school shuts down. A sudden school closure can...
In recent years, colleges and universities have been closing at historically high rates. Regardless of the cause, without adequate safety measures and advance planning, an institutional closure may yield dramatic,...
In recent years, many for-profit institutions of higher education have entered modified their corporate structure to change their tax status to nonprofit. But the corporate behaviors that have plagued students attending...
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...
As the gatekeeper to over $150 billion annually in federal student aid, accreditation plays a critical role in protecting students and taxpayers by assuring the quality of our postsecondary educational...
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...
Institutions of higher education receive nearly $100 billion in state and local funding each year. Given the enormity of this public investment at the state and local levels, not to mention...
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...
By Yuka Hayashi Jan. 16, 2020 7:33 pm ET WASHINGTON—The Education Department is providing loan relief to some 7,800 former students of the ITT Technical Institute, with debts totaling $95.1...
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...