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PPSL Files Amicus Brief to SCOTUS in Support of Department of Education’s Petition
Fifth Circuit decision on borrower defense case threatens existing student borrower protections nationwide.
Student Borrowers Score Another Win in $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement
The Ninth Circuit denied three intervening schools’ attempt to overturn the approved settlement
STATEMENT: Borrower Advocates Applaud New MOHELA Enforcement Actions
PPSL applauded the Department of Education’s announcement that it will limit the federal student loan servicer MOHELA from taking any new accounts and force it to follow a corrective action plan for its servicing failures.
Department of Education Continues to be in Significant Breach of Borrower Defense Settlement
Frustration grows with the Department’s perpetual failure to deliver relief according to the dates it agreed to in the $6 billion settlement
Students Score a Victory Against USC as Court Allows Discrimination Claim in Class Action Lawsuit to Move Forward
Graduate social work students are suing USC for allegedly misleading students about its expensive online MSW degree program and operating a “diploma mill”
STATEMENT: Borrower Advocates Applaud New Navient Ban from Federal Student Loan Servicing
“This is a giant step toward stopping predatory actors like Navient from preying on student borrowers”
NCLC, PPSL, and SBPC Joint Statement on 50+ Lawmakers Letter to Cardona About MOHELA
50 members of Congress, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Jim Clyburn, sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the student loan servicing company Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA).
Student Borrowers Sue MOHELA for Failing to Implement Student Loan Discharges
Borrowers from predatory for-profit institutions continue to receive collection notices and show balances more than a year after ED cancelled their loan obligations.
STATEMENT: Department of Education Must Protect Students Following Collapse of For-profit Education Company 2U
Bankruptcy follows increasing pressure after students sued USC for misleading them about its online master’s degree program run by 2U, and USC subsequently severed its long-term relationship with 2U
RELEASE: New Resources Aim to Debunk Myths Surrounding Borrower Defense
PPSL and TICAS released a series of materials sharing facts about this longstanding policy on student debt relief that has increasingly coming under attack