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Breaking: Secretary DeVos Denies Students’ Rights to Full Debt Cancellation | Press Release
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that she will deny full student loan cancellation to student borrowers who were cheated by their colleges and applied to have their federal loans cancelled.
New Data Reveals DeVos Illegally Collected From Additional 17,258 Corinthian Students | Press Release
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos revealed that an additional 17,258 student borrowers were illegally collected upon by her Department in direct violation of a court order, more than quadruple the number she had previously disclosed in October.
Project Praises Senator Durbin’s Proposal to Overturn Secretary DeVos’ Borrower Defense Rule| Press Release
Senator Dick Durbin criticized Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ rewritten borrower defense rule and urged his Senate colleagues to support his Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval when it comes to the Senate floor for a vote.
Project on Predatory Student Lending’s Toby Merrill Named to TIME 100 Next | Press Release
TIME named Toby Merrill, founder and Director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, to the first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. The list highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism, and more.
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.