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Judge Alsup Criticizes Department of Education’s Continued Mishandling of Borrower Defense Settlement
Court demands action and accountability at the first of three status hearings on the overdue relief in the $6 billion borrower defense settlement
Art Institutes Students Secure Big Borrower Defense Win with $6.1 Billion Group Discharge
In another victory for defrauded former for-profit college students, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to nearly 317,000 borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus on or after Jan. 1, 2004, through Oct. 16, 2017.
Judge Alsup Blasts Department of Education on Borrower Defense Settlement
At a hearing on the Plaintiffs’ motion to enforce implementation of settlement relief in Sweet v. Cardona, Judge William Alsup expressed disappointment in the Department of Education’s gross mishandling of settlement relief and set a strict schedule with accountability measures to ensure that the overdue relief is delivered by August 31, 2024.
Student Borrowers Blast Department of Education for "Bungled” Implementation of Borrower Defense Settlement
Latest brief details how ED did not perform any oversight of student loan servicers and failed to monitor compliance in $6 billion settlement
Statement Regarding 5th Circuit Ruling on Borrower Defense
“The Fifth Circuit got it exactly backwards. Borrower Defense is a critical protection for student borrowers and has been in place for over thirty years.”
Students Score a Victory Against USC as Court Gives Approval for Discovery in Class Action Lawsuit to Move Forward
Graduate social work students are suing USC for misleading students about its expensive online MSW degree program and operating a “diploma mill”
Student Borrowers Ask Court to Enforce $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement after Department of Education Breaches Agreement
Student borrowers in the class action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona filed a motion to enforce the $6 billion borrower defense settlement after the Department of Education violated the agreement by failing to meet the settlement deadline of January 28, 2024.
PPSL Welcomes New Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy
The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), the leading nonprofit legal organization representing borrowers defrauded by predatory colleges, announced that Ashley Harrington has joined the team as PPSL’s Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy. In this new role, Harrington will oversee PPSL’s policy and advocacy work, which focuses on ending predatory practices in higher education.
Statement on The Department of Education Settlement Resulting in Closure of For-Profit School Florida Career College
The U.S. Department of Education today announced a settlement agreement with for-profit school owner International Education Corporation (IEC) and its subsidiaries—Florida Career College (FCC) and United Education Institute (UEI), which also uses the brand name, UEI College (UEIC)—related to violations of the ability-to-benefit (ATB) test regulations. These regulations govern eligibility to receive federal student aid for students who do not have a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
STATEMENT on Navient Outsourcing Student Loan Servicing to MOHELA
BOSTON – Navient announced that it will outsource student loan servicing for its $17 billion portfolio to loan servicer MOHELA. The Project on Predatory Student Lending represents more than one million student borrowers across the country. Many of these borrowers hold private student loans with Navient for predatory for-profit schools, even after their federal loans from those same schools have been canceled due to the schools' misconduct.