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DeVos Held In Contempt For Illegal Collection of Student Debts | Press Release
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been held in civil contempt and sanctioned for her illegal collection of student loan debts, a federal judge ruled today.
Former MA Corinthian Students Sue Betsy DeVos for Refusing Attorney General’s Application to Cancel Their Loans | Press Release
Corinthian students file lawsuit to force the U.S. Department of Education to follow the law, grant the AG’s group discharge and stop illegal collections on fraudulent student loans
UPDATE: Judge “extremely disturbed” by DeVos’ illegal court violation “16,000 times” | Press Release
At today’s hearing, Judge Sallie Kim lifted the stay in the class action lawsuit on behalf Corinthian College borrowers and promised to rule on whether the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos will be held in contempt and face sanctions.
Project on Predatory Student Lending Calls for DeVos to be Held Accountable for Illegal Collection of Bogus Student Debt | Press Release
The Project on Predatory Student Lending today called for U.S Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education to be held accountable after she continued to collect on the student loan debt of thousands of former for-profit college students -- a direct violation of a federal court order.
Project on Predatory Student Lending Statement on Education Department’s Processing of Automatic Closed School Discharges For Former ITT Students | Press Release
The Project on Predatory Student Lending today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education confirmed it has finally begun to process automatic closed school loan discharges for a select group of former students of the predatory for-profit college, ITT Tech.
Project on Predatory Student Lending Supports Warren, Pocan Effort to Hold Private Equity Firms Accountable for Enabling Predatory For-Profit Colleges | Press Release
The Project on Predatory Student Lending statement after U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) called on six private equity firms to provide details about those firms’ management of predatory for-profit colleges.
Project Vows to Challenge DeVos Over Devastating New Borrower Defense Rule that Will Gut Protections for Students | Press Release
“Betsy DeVos is throwing hundreds of thousands of students who have been defrauded by abusive for-profit colleges under the bus.”
Project Praises Warren, Clyburn Student Debt Bill, Urges Immediate Action to Cancel Debts Of For-Profit College Students | Press Release
“Student loan debt is one of the biggest challenges our country faces, threatening to hold back an entire generation. Today's bill is a bold step to solve the unsustainable debt-financed higher education system and help the millions of students left in its wake."
NEW DATA: 96% of Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges Report their Lives are Worse Now than Before they Went to School | Press Release
Nearly 900 Former For-Profit College Students Submitted Testimony Explaining the Harsh Impact of Federal Student Loan Debt on their Lives.
Statement On Repeal of Gainful Employment Rule | Press Release
Late on Friday afternoon, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the U.S. Department of Education would repeal the “gainful employment” rule, which holds for-profit colleges accountable for the false job placement rates that they use to mislead students.