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The Project on Predatory Student Lending and Student Defense — two borrower advocacy groups — submitted a comment to the Education Department last week, saying that “if programs are of little or no value to students or the public, there is little reason to either encourage student investment of time and money or commit taxpayer funds to support the institution.”
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“The reason I chose HCI was because they said it was made for working adults. What you don’t know going in is that they are setting you up to fail — it’s all sunshine and butterflies until you sign on the dotted line,” said plaintiff Rebecca Freeman.
“The anxiety returns.” – What a Stay in Sweet Would Mean for Class Members
PPSL asked Sweet class members to share the impact that a delay in settlement relief would have on their lives. We received over 3,000 responses. Borrowers from around the country came forward to share deeply vulnerable, personal stories about what was at stake for them and their families.
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"We are confident the facts will prevail and that relief for our clients is imminent,” said Eileen Connor, President and Director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, the organization representing the class of student loan borrowers.
200,000 student-loan borrowers will be 'severely harmed' … | Business Insider
Alsup is set to take up the issue of granting a stay on February 15. Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, which represents the borrowers in the case, said in a statement that "each day that justice is delayed means additional harm for borrowers and their families who have already been forced to wait years for a resolution.”
Student Borrowers File Opposition to Motion to Delay Relief in $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement
Student borrowers in the class action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona today filed an opposition to the motion to stay settlement relief filed by schools attempting to block the landmark borrower defense settlement with the US Department of Education.
Student Loan Forgiveness Under Key Settlement Postponed As Court Considers Stay | Forbes
“We will not stop fighting until class members get the relief they deserve,” said the Project on Predatory Student Lending, the organization representing the student loan borrowers, in an earlier statement. “The District Court’s decision granting approval of this settlement is clear and unequivocal, and we are confident the Ninth Circuit will agree that the intervenors' claims are without merit. As ever, we will continue to see this case through to the end.”
UPDATE: Schools Continue to Delay Approved Settlement Relief for Student Borrowers
At a status conference in the class action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona, Judge William Alsup addressed the schedule for the motion to stay settlement relief pending appeals of the landmark borrower defense settlement, setting a hearing date on the motion for February 15, 2023.
For-profit schools appeal student loan cancelation settlement for 200,000 borrowers | Yahoo
"This appeal demonstrates just how desperate these schools are to deny justice for borrowers, and we will not stop fighting until students get the relief they deserve,” Eileen Connor, director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, said in a statement. “The court’s decision granting approval of this settlement is clear and unequivocal, and we are confident the 9th Circuit will agree with Judge Alsup that these claims are without merit.”
Schools Seek To Block $6 Billion In Student Loan Forgiveness Under Approved Settlement | Forbes
“This appeal demonstrates just how desperate these schools are to deny justice for borrowers, and we will not stop fighting until students get the relief they deserve,” said Eileen Connor, President and Director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending (the organization representing the borrowers) in a statement. “The court’s decision granting approval of this settlement is clear and unequivocal, and we are confident the [appeals court] will agree with [the district court judge] that these claims are without merit. As ever, we will continue to see this case through to the end.”