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Student Borrowers Score Another Win in $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement
The Ninth Circuit denied three intervening schools’ attempt to overturn the approved settlement
Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges | Higher Ed Dive
The vice president and the U.S. Department of Education must follow through on loan discharges promised to student borrowers, one legal expert argues.
Calling for For-Profit College Accountability at NJ Senate Higher Education Hearing
At a New Jersey Senate Higher Education Committee hearing recently, student loan borrowers testified alongside the Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), calling for stronger oversight and transparency around proprietary institutions of higher education.
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.
For-profit college industry facing increasing scrutiny | New Jersey Spotlight News
For-profit college industry facing increasing scrutiny at New Jersey Senate Hearing.
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”
The Latest From PPSL: New cases, holding servicers accountable, and protecting borrower defense
Summer has been a busy season for us at PPSL, and as we dive into fall, there’s a lot to share. From filing new cases to increased advocacy efforts, we’re mobilizing borrowers and working together to hold the student loan system accountable to borrowers and the law.
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).