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Biden Debt Relief For Ripped-Off Art Institutes Students Is A Big Step. More Is Needed. | Republic Report
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Biden Debt Relief For Ripped-Off Art Institutes Students Is A Big Step. More Is Needed. | Republic Report

In a statement issued last week, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, which represents students abused by for-profit schools, explained well the private loan dimension to the EDMC scam: “EDMC … partnered with Sallie Mae (now known as Navient), to convince AI borrowers to take out private student loans to augment their federal student loans.”

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Student Loan Truth: Blake’s Art Institute Story | Blog
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Student Loan Truth: Blake’s Art Institute Story | Blog

After personal loss made him take another look at his life, Blake Baron decided to invest in his future and pursue a degree in graphic design at the Art Institute. But he quickly realized that the time he invested in the program and the money he was spending wasn’t worth the terrible education he was getting. Even after leaving the school without a degree, he still owes over $30,000 in federal loans.  

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“We’re Not Taking This Lying Down” Jen’s Student Loan Truth | Blog
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“We’re Not Taking This Lying Down” Jen’s Student Loan Truth | Blog

As a first generation Latina and the first in her family to go to college, Jennifer Lezan thought she was working toward a better future when she attended the Art Institute in Chicago in 2006. She never imagined that nearly 15 years later, she’d be fighting back against a massive student debt burden after attending the notorious predatory for-profit school.

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My Student Loan Truth: Nicole’s Art Institute Story | Blog

Nicole Edgar Sereno had always been interested in an art career. So when a recruiter from the Art Institute came to her high school, she jumped at the chance to pursue a career in animation. It wasn’t until she started looking for jobs after graduating that she realized they had been lying to her all along.

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Student Loan Truth: Chelsea’s Art Institute Story | Blog

After her 8 years in the Army, Chelsea Mack wanted to pursue her passion in fashion design and enrolled in the Art Institute of Seattle. She soon realized that her education wasn’t the prestigious one she was promised. Now, she wants the Art Institute of Seattle to be held accountable, but it shut down in 2019.

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My Student Loan Truth: Shaun's Art Institute Story | Blog

Secretary DeVos’s new Borrower Defense rules will gut important protections for students cheated by for-profit colleges. The rules would impose near-impossible standards for defrauded students seeking their rights to loan cancellation, a process that the Department has already made incredibly difficult for students like Shaun Joyce.

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