Biden To Initiate Additional Student Loan Relief This Week — But Borrowers Demand Full Cancellation March 29, 2021 | Forbes |
Feds Announce COVID-Related Assistance for Disabled Student Loan Borrowers, Falling Short of Relief Urged by Advocates March 29, 2021 | MarketWatch |
Education Dept. Restores Debt Cancellation For Some Borrowers With Disabilities March 29, 2021 | NPR |
Biden Administration Waives Rule for Disabled Borrowers, but Advocates Say Much More Could Be Done March 29, 2021 | Washington Post |
The Biden Administration Waives College-Loan Rules for Thousands of Disabled Students March 29, 2021 | New York Times |
Betsy DeVos stalled Obama's student loan relief program. Borrowers hope Biden will fix it December 19, 2020 | CNN |
Biden could face a student loan mess if Trump allows pandemic relief to expire November 17, 2020 | CNN |
Biden’s Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos’s Policies November 13, 2020 | New York Times |
Warren, Senate Democrats Urge DeVos to Hold Owners of For-Profits Financially Liable October 27, 2020 | Inside Higher Ed |
DeVos on the Docket: With 455 Lawsuits Against Her Department and Counting, Education Secretary is Left to Defend Much of Her Agenda in Court October 26, 2020 | The 74 Million |
Would a Biden Education Dept. Be More Aggressive Than Obama's? October 23, 2020 | Inside Higher Education |
Op-Ed - Dan Zibel: For Profit College Execs Should Be Personally Liable For Their Crimes October 19, 2020 | Washington Monthly |
This man earns $21,000 a year and owes $24,000 in student debt after his college closed. Why wasn’t anyone held accountable? October 06, 2020 | MarketWatch |
Elizabeth Warren: Executives Of Predatory Colleges Should Be Held Personally Liable For Misconduct October 05, 2020 | Forbes |
Next Education Secretary Should Promote Racial Equity, Group Says September 09, 2020 | Inside Higher Education |
Judge Advances Pared-Down Lawsuits Over DeVos’ Repeal of Obama-Era Rule September 03, 2020 | Courthouse News Service |
La' James cosmetology college gets pandemic aid even as Iowa AG, March lawsuit allege student loan ripoffs August 09, 2020 | Des Moines Register |
Borrowers are still having their paychecks seized over defaulted student loans August 06, 2020 | MarketWatch |
Education Department Applied Pressure to Save Troubled For-Profit Colleges, Accreditor Says July 28, 2020 | Chronicle of Higher Education |
DeVos aide played role in helping failing for-profit colleges, texts and emails show July 28, 2020 | Washington Post |
Student-loan borrowers could face financial, administrative headaches when loan payments resume, advocates warn July 15, 2020 | MarketWatch |
Senate Dems Say Student Debt May Be Withheld From Tax Refunds June 26, 2020 | Inside Higher Education |
19 attorneys general sue Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over gainful employment rule June 24, 2020 | Yahoo Finance |
Forbes: The CARES Act Was Supposed To Help Student Loan Borrowers, But For Many, It Has Failed June 08, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Why the Trump administration is still garnishing wages during the pandemic June 05, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Trump administration withheld nearly $19 million in tax refunds from student loan borrowers after Congress ordered halt, lawsuit says June 01, 2020 | |
MarketWatch: Student loan borrowers say the government is unfairly taking their tax refunds — here’s what they are doing about it June 01, 2020 | |
Yahoo Finance: Student loan borrowers sue Betsy DeVos and Steven Mnuchin over seized tax refunds June 01, 2020 | |
Forbes: Student Loan Borrowers File New Class Action Lawsuit Over Illegally Seized Tax Refunds June 01, 2020 | |
The Hill: Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of illegally seizing tax refunds from student loan borrowers June 01, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Trump administration is still garnishing the wages of 54,000 student loan borrowers May 12, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Borrowers sue Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for garnishing wages after Congress ordered halt May 01, 2020 | |
McClatchy News: Education Dept. sued for seizing paychecks for student loan debt during pandemic May 01, 2020 | |
MarketWatch: The Education Department is falling short on a promise to help student loan borrowers during the coronavirus crisis, lawsuit alleges May 01, 2020 | |
Yahoo Finance: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sued over wage garnishment amid coronavirus pandemic May 01, 2020 | |
Forbes: This Court Victory For Student Loan Borrowers Could Have Huge Implications April 15, 2020 | |
Hechinger Report: Lawsuit accuses for-profit cosmetology college of withholding student financial aid March 26, 2020 | |
Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: Gen. Wesley Clark & Aaron Ament: How to stop for-profit colleges from preying on veterans March 12, 2020 | |
NPR: Letters Urge Betsy DeVos To Erase Student Loans For Borrowers With Disabilities March 03, 2020 | |
Colorado Public Radio: More Students Who Went To The Art Institute Of Colorado Will Get Their Loans Forgiven February 07, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Feds to give former Art Institute students a new opportunity for loan forgiveness February 07, 2020 | |
NPR: Teachers Union Lawsuit Claims DeVos 'Capriciously' Repealed Borrower Protections January 23, 2020 | |
Washington Post: Teachers union sues Betsy DeVos for rescinding career training regulation January 23, 2020 | |
NBC News: National teachers union sues Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for repeal of student protections January 23, 2020 | |
Courthouse News: DeVos Sued for Nixing Rule to Protect Students From Worthless Programs January 23, 2020 | |
MarketWatch: House votes to make it easier for scammed borrowers to cancel student loans January 18, 2020 | |
Wall Street Journal: Former Students of Defunct ITT Tech Receive $95.1 Million Loan Relief January 16, 2020 | |
Colorado Springs Gazette: Bennet, Gardner ask feds to cancel student loans for defunct Art Institute of Colorado December 17, 2019 | |
MarketWatch: The Education Department is cancelling $10.8 million in student loan debt for students at two shuttered schools November 13, 2019 | |
New York Times: U.S. Education Dept. Cancels Loans for 1,500 Defrauded Students November 08, 2019 | |
Washington Post: DeVos cancels nearly $11 million in student loans that the Education Dept. sent to unaccredited for-profit colleges November 08, 2019 | |
Chicago Tribune: Their colleges closed — but their student loans didn’t disappear. Then, they sued. November 08, 2019 | |
US News: DeVos Sued Amid New Evidence About Whether Her Agency Aided For-Profit Operator October 24, 2019 | |
Washington Post: Trump administration let nearly $11 million in student aid go to unaccredited for-profit colleges October 22, 2019 | |
Yahoo Finance: ‘I was misled’: Public school teacher tells Congress about student debt nightmare September 23, 2019 | |
MarketWatch: Education Department explains why only 1% of people who applied for public-loan forgiveness were accepted September 22, 2019 | |
Washington Post: What Betsy DeVos did to the public service debt forgiveness program isn’t ‘regrettable.’ It’s wrong. September 20, 2019 | |
CNN: Teacher denied loan forgiveness tells Congress why she's suing Betsy DeVos September 19, 2019 | |
Washington Post: Trump administration sets higher hurdles for defrauded students to erase debt September 03, 2019 | |
Chronicle of Higher Education: Ed Dept. Issues Final Rules for Defrauded Students; Activists Say the Rules Fall Short August 30, 2019 | |
How one woman persuaded the government to forgive $63,000 in student-loan debt she incurred 15 years ago August 23, 2019 | |
Politico: DeVos sued over student loan forgiveness program that denies 99 percent of applicants July 11, 2019 | |
Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven July 11, 2019 | NPR News |
Washington Post: American Federation of Teachers sues Betsy DeVos over public service loan forgiveness program July 11, 2019 | |
Court rules student loan companies are subject to state consumer laws, contrary to Trump administration’s stance June 28, 2019 | Washington Post |
Trump Administration Revokes Obama-Era Rule on For-Profit Universities June 28, 2019 | Wall Street Journal |
DeVos rolls back Obama-era policy that aimed to curb abuse from for-profit colleges June 28, 2019 | The Hill |
The New York Times: Seeking $2.1 Million After College Chain's Collapse (to Repay Its Guardian, Not Students) June 21, 2019 | The New York Times |
Lawsuit alleges the government is illegally garnishing tax refunds of student-loan borrowers June 19, 2019 | Marketwatch |
Lawsuit says feds improperly seeking loan repayments from Minnesota School of Business and Globe University students June 18, 2019 | Star Tribune |
Former for-profit college students sue Betsy DeVos, claiming she cost them time and money June 04, 2019 | Market Watch |
Judge to rule DeVos illegally delayed Obama-era rules for online colleges April 26, 2019 | Politico |
Congress should move to protect vulnerable college students from shoddy offerings April 18, 2019 | The Washington Post |
Betsy DeVos Quietly Making It Easier for Dying For-Profit Schools to Rip Off a Few More Students on the Way Out April 12, 2019 | The Intercept |
Argosy students turn to the courts for answers about their missing financial aid April 05, 2019 | The Washington Post |
‘Ruined’ and Evicted: How Dream Center Closures Are Affecting Students March 15, 2019 | The Chronicle of Higher Education |
Education Dept. steps in to help Argosy University students shorted $13 million in financial aid February 18, 2019 | The Washington Post |
Argosy University could lose all federal financial aid, U.S. Dept. of Education warns February 15, 2019 | The Arizona Republic |
$13 million in financial aid missing? Federal receiver tries to track down money from Art Institute owners February 13, 2019 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Art Institute deal left Dream Center in 'dire' situation, receiver says February 13, 2019 | Education Dive |
Clash between student-loan companies and states could wind up in the Supreme Court January 28, 2019 | Market Watch |
Defeated In Court, Education Dept. To Cancel $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt December 14, 2018 | NPR |
Former Seattle student suing feds over student debt from deceptive for-profit school November 27, 2018 | The Seattle Times |
Betsy DeVos reinstates controversial gatekeeper of for-profit colleges November 21, 2018 | The Washington Post |
Betsy DeVos Sued For Failing To Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness November 14, 2018 | NPR |
Betsy DeVos should be forced to cancel loans for students at closed campuses, lawsuit says November 13, 2018 | The Washington Post |
DeVos sued for allegedly failing to comply with judge’s order to cancel student debt November 13, 2018 | The Hill |
Maxine Waters chastises for-profit colleges and DeVos Leadership September 07, 2018 | The Hechinger Report |
These for-profit college students hope for debt relief as a debate about their loans rages in Washington August 24, 2018 | Market Watch |
Trump administration plans to rescind Obama-era rule cracking down on for-profit colleges August 11, 2018 | Market Watch |
Trump administration moves to make it harder for defrauded students to erase debt July 25, 2018 | The Washington Post |
Trump Administration Proposes Tightening Rules for Forgiving Student Loans July 25, 2018 | Wall Street Journal |
How America became a divided nation of the protected and the unprotected June 22, 2018 | The Washington Post |
Trump administration undermined student debt relief unit while claims mounted, watchdog finds June 14, 2018 | The Washington Post |
Betsy DeVos Remakes Higher Education in the Image of Trump University June 13, 2018 | The Daily Beast |
The government found 57 issues with a troubled for-profit college watchdog—but it still got a stamp of approval June 12, 2018 | Market Watch |
Education Dept. Report Says No to a For-Profit Accreditor — but It Might Not Matter June 09, 2018 | The Chronicle of Higher Education |
DeVos reinstated for-profit college accreditor despite staff objections, report shows June 09, 2018 | Politico |
Education Department Says Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges Should Be Shut Down June 08, 2018 | Wall Street Journal |
State attorneys general take aim at the Trump administration’s student loan agenda June 07, 2018 | Market Watch |
Opinion: We must increase our efforts to protect students from ‘predatory colleges’ June 07, 2018 | The Hechinger Report |
Student Who Took on ‘Crushing’ Debt Angry After Betsy DeVos Scales Back Investigations of For-Profit Colleges May 17, 2018 | Time |
Betsy DeVos Won’t Go After For-Profit College Ripoffs. Will States Step In? May 15, 2018 | Mother Jones |
Education Department Unwinds Unit Investigating Fraud at For-Profits May 13, 2018 | The New York Times |
A progressive think tank is suing the Education Department to force the agency to turn over documents related to for-profit college conversions to nonprofits April 17, 2018 | Politico |
It Oversaw For-Profit Colleges That Imploded. Now It Seeks a Comeback. April 01, 2018 | The New York Times |
Education Dept. releases records at center of a lawsuit over accrediting panels February 22, 2018 | The Washington Post |
NSLDN Proposes Student Protections To Higher Learning Commission February 22, 2018 | Politico | New Policies Could Protect Students At Schools Converting From For-Profit Status
Think tank sues Education Dept. over public records requests on college accrediting bodies February 08, 2018 | The Washington Post |
Attorneys general from 17 states sue DeVos over delay of for-profit college rules October 17, 2017 | Politico |
Former Obama officials form group to combat Trump rollback of consumer protections in higher ed September 21, 2017 | The Washington Post |
Student Protections Bill Advances In Maryland State Legislature March 03, 2018 | The Washington Post |