Working to advance students' rights to educational opportunity and to ensure that higher education provides a launching point for economic mobility.

August 07

The law says Betsy DeVos has to stop seizing student borrowers' paychecks. One problem: she hasn't stopped. Don't worry, her lawyers have some advice for people whose paychecks are being seized by the feds: sue your employer (we wish we were joking) https://t.co/ftueCArTlG

August 07

"It's so out of touch with reality given everything happening in our country." - @studentlegalnet's @AlexanderElson on Betsy DeVos suggestion that borrowers sue their employers (during a pandemic) to stop @usedgov from illegally seizing their paychecks. https://t.co/dSMzQ62rGz

August 06

PSA: The CARES Act gave student borrowers 0% interest & no payments until 9/30. That's been a huge help for many but borrowers should get ready NOW, in case Congress doesn't extend the relief. Student Defense's @sgilford shares some advice (spoiler: call your servicer today) https://t.co/aQYVv5Vfbt

August 05

North Carolinians should be glad that @JoshStein_ is in their corner. Great work by @NCAGO and @mattliles in the fight to #defendstudents https://t.co/V8aY10fqU8

August 04

Over 1,000 college campuses have shut their doors in the past five years. We published a report for accreditors last year to mitigate student harms from closures. Robust teach-out agreements, advance warning, & ensuring transcript availability are key: https://t.co/S88YWCtV9r

August 04

Insightful story from @sarahbutro @nbcnews & @hechingerreport on abrupt college closures, featuring Student Defense client Kimberly Milbrandt, who was "abandoned" when her Argosy psychology program shut down and destroyed students' clinical records. https://t.co/LIFcqzfSOa

July 31

There is one leader who has been fighting for Dream Center students since the beginning. And that is ⁦@SenatorDurbin⁩! https://t.co/JW5bC04Jpf

July 29

NACIQI recognized that after HLC stripped the Dream Center's schools' accreditation because of concern over management capabilities, the company ran its schools and responded to accreditation decisions even more poorly than HLC had feared.

July 29

"This is a remarkable acknowledgement of how badly @usedgov handled this entire affair, that NACIQI would reject the Department's attempt to rewrite history. Dream Center students have been saying this all along." - @studentlegalnet Litigation Director @rothschild_eric

July 29

NACIQI recognized that after HLC stripped the Dream Center's schools' accreditation because of concerns over management capabilities, the company ran its schools and responded to accreditation decisions even more poorly than HLC had feared.

July 29

"This is a remarkable acknowledgement of how badly @usedgov handled this entire affair, that their handpicked panel would reject the Dept's attempt to rewrite history. Dream Center students have been saying this all along." - @studentlegalnet Litigation Director @rothschild_eric

July 29

A stinging rebuke of @BetsyDeVosED's Dept of Education at the #NACIQI hearing on Dream Center debacle today. The panel, which included members selected by DeVos, took the highly unusual step of voting to reject the Dept's recommendations.

July 29

Since 2018, @studentlegalnet has been representing students who were harmed by the actions of the Dream Center and @usedgov. Lots of blame to go around, but let us not forget the many, many students whose lives were upended by the failures on display at #NACIQI. https://t.co/2Kh7at8Hed