Student Defense: National Student Legal Defense Network

September 30

The Biden plan would provide life-changing relief to 40 million Americans. But, rather than play whack-a-mole by eliminating relief for some borrowers, it would be great to see the administration confidently defend their plan. https://t.co/w3J9bXEPxI

September 23

Thousands of students were defrauded after Westwood falsely certified that graduates could serve as police officers. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to immediately restore the Gainful Employment Rule! https://t.co/sKGuUX1uJ0

September 18

We need front-end accountability protections like the Gainful Employment rule to ensure that college programs that fail to prepare graduates to get jobs do not continue to receive billions of federal $. https://t.co/rTy9upttw1

September 16

Last year, citing our landmark victories in the Courts of Appeal @usedgov reinterpreted the scope of borrower rights under state law & asked for public comment. This week we wrote @FSACOO & @UnderSecKvaal urging them to finalize that interpretation. https://t.co/RGTSU8MbPr

September 14

For years Westwood certified that graduates could serve as cops even though its program didn't make graduates eligible to do so. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to restore front-end accountability measures. https://t.co/sKGuUX22yy

September 08

Check it out! @jul1arock on @LeverNews @davidsirota podcast (@ 9:38) on how @usedgov @SecCardona need to restore the #gainfulemployment rule and more generally take on bad actors across higher education. https://t.co/r8sesniQOX

September 08

ICYMI - Yesterday, @SenatorDurbin again highlighted the story of our client Vicki who was scammed by Westwood College. Following our lawsuit w/ @LawyersComm & @NCLC4consumers, the @usedgov is discharging billions in loan debt for former Westwood students, including Vicki. https://t.co/XPCija3WXh

September 07

@SenatorDurbin: 8 percent of high school grads go to #4profit colleges. 33 percent of student loan defaults are from #4profit colleges. “What’s going on here?”

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

Student Defense launches initiative to reform National Health Services Corps Student Loan Repayment Program

Civil Rights lawsuit filed against Walden University

Postsecondary Equity and Economics Research (PEER) Project Launched

Over $1.5 billion in debt cancelled for more than 79,000 former Westwood students

Making Relief Automatic For Borrowers With Disabilities

Our Work

The faces of the for-profit college crisis

@StudentLegalNet

The Biden plan would provide life-changing relief to 40 million Americans. But, rather than play whack-a-mole by eliminating relief for some borrowers, it would be great to see the administration confidently defend their plan. https://t.co/w3J9bXEPxI

Thousands of students were defrauded after Westwood falsely certified that graduates could serve as police officers. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to immediately restore the Gainful Employment Rule! https://t.co/sKGuUX1uJ0

We need front-end accountability protections like the Gainful Employment rule to ensure that college programs that fail to prepare graduates to get jobs do not continue to receive billions of federal $. https://t.co/rTy9upttw1

Last year, citing our landmark victories in the Courts of Appeal @usedgov reinterpreted the scope of borrower rights under state law & asked for public comment. This week we wrote @FSACOO & @UnderSecKvaal urging them to finalize that interpretation. https://t.co/RGTSU8MbPr

For years Westwood certified that graduates could serve as cops even though its program didn't make graduates eligible to do so. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to restore front-end accountability measures. https://t.co/sKGuUX22yy

Check it out! @jul1arock on @LeverNews @davidsirota podcast (@ 9:38) on how @usedgov @SecCardona need to restore the #gainfulemployment rule and more generally take on bad actors across higher education. https://t.co/r8sesniQOX

ICYMI - Yesterday, @SenatorDurbin again highlighted the story of our client Vicki who was scammed by Westwood College. Following our lawsuit w/ @LawyersComm & @NCLC4consumers, the @usedgov is discharging billions in loan debt for former Westwood students, including Vicki. https://t.co/XPCija3WXh

@SenatorDurbin: 8 percent of high school grads go to #4profit colleges. 33 percent of student loan defaults are from #4profit colleges. “What’s going on here?”

Will you chip in today to help our work defending students?

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

Student Defense launches initiative to reform National Health Services Corps Student Loan Repayment Program

Civil Rights lawsuit filed against Walden University

Postsecondary Equity and Economics Research (PEER) Project Launched

Over $1.5 billion in debt cancelled for more than 79,000 former Westwood students

Making Relief Automatic For Borrowers With Disabilities

Our Work

The faces of the for-profit college crisis

@StudentLegalNet

The Biden plan would provide life-changing relief to 40 million Americans. But, rather than play whack-a-mole by eliminating relief for some borrowers, it would be great to see the administration confidently defend their plan. https://t.co/w3J9bXEPxI

Thousands of students were defrauded after Westwood falsely certified that graduates could serve as police officers. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to immediately restore the Gainful Employment Rule! https://t.co/sKGuUX1uJ0

We need front-end accountability protections like the Gainful Employment rule to ensure that college programs that fail to prepare graduates to get jobs do not continue to receive billions of federal $. https://t.co/rTy9upttw1

Last year, citing our landmark victories in the Courts of Appeal @usedgov reinterpreted the scope of borrower rights under state law & asked for public comment. This week we wrote @FSACOO & @UnderSecKvaal urging them to finalize that interpretation. https://t.co/RGTSU8MbPr

For years Westwood certified that graduates could serve as cops even though its program didn't make graduates eligible to do so. Now 79k students will get $1.5 billion in relief. This is why we need to restore front-end accountability measures. https://t.co/sKGuUX22yy

Check it out! @jul1arock on @LeverNews @davidsirota podcast (@ 9:38) on how @usedgov @SecCardona need to restore the #gainfulemployment rule and more generally take on bad actors across higher education. https://t.co/r8sesniQOX

ICYMI - Yesterday, @SenatorDurbin again highlighted the story of our client Vicki who was scammed by Westwood College. Following our lawsuit w/ @LawyersComm & @NCLC4consumers, the @usedgov is discharging billions in loan debt for former Westwood students, including Vicki. https://t.co/XPCija3WXh

@SenatorDurbin: 8 percent of high school grads go to #4profit colleges. 33 percent of student loan defaults are from #4profit colleges. “What’s going on here?”

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