Student Defense: National Student Legal Defense Network

May 19

The message to companies leaving students worse off than before they started their programs is pretty clear: Improve your programs and lower your tuition prices! https://t.co/TrH2yQfwar

May 17

We're especially glad to see ED included a high school earnings benchmark, recommended by our PEER Project. This will help ensure that profit and career college programs are not eligible for federal funds if their graduates are left worse off. https://t.co/pcXfVdNAAX

May 17

Today, @usedgov released a newly-proposed Gainful Employment rule. Ever since the Trump Administration illegally repealed the 2014 regulations, students have been left unprotected from predatory higher ed profiteers. https://t.co/EIDOZfP42L

May 17

For years, @studentlegalnet has been fighting to restore the critical students protections in the 2014 #GainfulEmployment Rule. Highlighted by @CAPHigherEd @amprog @MadisonWeiss94, our ongoing litigation w/ @usedgov to restore the GE rule is a key piece of that story. https://t.co/4i7pStpBBP

May 17

As #HigherEd awaits the @usedgov #GainfulEmployment proposal, it's important to take a look back at the proposed High School earnings benchmark, similar to one described by @PeerResearch Steph Cellini & @katiejblanchard. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/AXCy9dLegb

May 11

Pressure continues to mount on @SecCardona and @UnderSecKvaal to withdrawal flawed 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. Ranking members of House Veterans and Approps Committees call on @usedgov to stop allowing OPMs to get paid based on students they recruit. https://t.co/33pbIZb0m6

May 09

Breaking: @rosadelauro @RepMarkTakano @RepJayapal calling on @usedgov to “rescind its flawed guidance that allows for-profit online program management (OPM) companies to deceive students for financial gain” in light of 2nd class action lawsuit. https://t.co/vdMT7uTRZe

May 05

@claremccann @Arnold_Ventures @talwalkermenon @GoCalbright @ACEducation @politico @mstratford https://t.co/YzyLcVhPWH

May 05

Join us for our OPM panel discussion happening now! Panelists include @claremccann from @Arnold_Ventures, @talwalkermenon from @GoCalbright, and Jonathan Fansmith from @ACEducation. The panel is moderated by @Politico's @mstratford. #highereducation #highered #OPM https://t.co/fUTHyR5Rfl

May 05

OPM Outlook: The Next Frontier in Higher Ed Accountability and Oversight https://t.co/EAFNXeY4t6

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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

Judge Rules for Former Walden University Students in Groundbreaking Decision

Students File Lawsuit Against USC and 2U for Deceptive Enrollment Scheme

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

Making Relief Automatic For Borrowers With Disabilities

The Postsecondary Equity & Economics Research (PEER) Project is a joint initiative on accountability between academics at George Washington University and Columbia University and attorneys at the National Student Legal Defense Network.

Our Work

The faces of the for-profit college crisis

@StudentLegalNet

The message to companies leaving students worse off than before they started their programs is pretty clear: Improve your programs and lower your tuition prices! https://t.co/TrH2yQfwar

We're especially glad to see ED included a high school earnings benchmark, recommended by our PEER Project. This will help ensure that profit and career college programs are not eligible for federal funds if their graduates are left worse off. https://t.co/pcXfVdNAAX

Today, @usedgov released a newly-proposed Gainful Employment rule. Ever since the Trump Administration illegally repealed the 2014 regulations, students have been left unprotected from predatory higher ed profiteers. https://t.co/EIDOZfP42L

For years, @studentlegalnet has been fighting to restore the critical students protections in the 2014 #GainfulEmployment Rule. Highlighted by @CAPHigherEd @amprog @MadisonWeiss94, our ongoing litigation w/ @usedgov to restore the GE rule is a key piece of that story. https://t.co/4i7pStpBBP

As #HigherEd awaits the @usedgov #GainfulEmployment proposal, it's important to take a look back at the proposed High School earnings benchmark, similar to one described by @PeerResearch Steph Cellini & @katiejblanchard. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/AXCy9dLegb

Pressure continues to mount on @SecCardona and @UnderSecKvaal to withdrawal flawed 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. Ranking members of House Veterans and Approps Committees call on @usedgov to stop allowing OPMs to get paid based on students they recruit. https://t.co/33pbIZb0m6

Breaking: @rosadelauro @RepMarkTakano @RepJayapal calling on @usedgov to “rescind its flawed guidance that allows for-profit online program management (OPM) companies to deceive students for financial gain” in light of 2nd class action lawsuit. https://t.co/vdMT7uTRZe

@claremccann @Arnold_Ventures @talwalkermenon @GoCalbright @ACEducation @politico @mstratford https://t.co/YzyLcVhPWH

Join us for our OPM panel discussion happening now! Panelists include @claremccann from @Arnold_Ventures, @talwalkermenon from @GoCalbright, and Jonathan Fansmith from @ACEducation. The panel is moderated by @Politico's @mstratford. #highereducation #highered #OPM https://t.co/fUTHyR5Rfl

OPM Outlook: The Next Frontier in Higher Ed Accountability and Oversight https://t.co/EAFNXeY4t6

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

Judge Rules for Former Walden University Students in Groundbreaking Decision

Students File Lawsuit Against USC and 2U for Deceptive Enrollment Scheme

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

Making Relief Automatic For Borrowers With Disabilities

The Postsecondary Equity & Economics Research (PEER) Project is a joint initiative on accountability between academics at George Washington University and Columbia University and attorneys at the National Student Legal Defense Network.

Our Work

The faces of the for-profit college crisis

@StudentLegalNet

The message to companies leaving students worse off than before they started their programs is pretty clear: Improve your programs and lower your tuition prices! https://t.co/TrH2yQfwar

We're especially glad to see ED included a high school earnings benchmark, recommended by our PEER Project. This will help ensure that profit and career college programs are not eligible for federal funds if their graduates are left worse off. https://t.co/pcXfVdNAAX

Today, @usedgov released a newly-proposed Gainful Employment rule. Ever since the Trump Administration illegally repealed the 2014 regulations, students have been left unprotected from predatory higher ed profiteers. https://t.co/EIDOZfP42L

For years, @studentlegalnet has been fighting to restore the critical students protections in the 2014 #GainfulEmployment Rule. Highlighted by @CAPHigherEd @amprog @MadisonWeiss94, our ongoing litigation w/ @usedgov to restore the GE rule is a key piece of that story. https://t.co/4i7pStpBBP

As #HigherEd awaits the @usedgov #GainfulEmployment proposal, it's important to take a look back at the proposed High School earnings benchmark, similar to one described by @PeerResearch Steph Cellini & @katiejblanchard. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/AXCy9dLegb

Pressure continues to mount on @SecCardona and @UnderSecKvaal to withdrawal flawed 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. Ranking members of House Veterans and Approps Committees call on @usedgov to stop allowing OPMs to get paid based on students they recruit. https://t.co/33pbIZb0m6

Breaking: @rosadelauro @RepMarkTakano @RepJayapal calling on @usedgov to “rescind its flawed guidance that allows for-profit online program management (OPM) companies to deceive students for financial gain” in light of 2nd class action lawsuit. https://t.co/vdMT7uTRZe

@claremccann @Arnold_Ventures @talwalkermenon @GoCalbright @ACEducation @politico @mstratford https://t.co/YzyLcVhPWH

Join us for our OPM panel discussion happening now! Panelists include @claremccann from @Arnold_Ventures, @talwalkermenon from @GoCalbright, and Jonathan Fansmith from @ACEducation. The panel is moderated by @Politico's @mstratford. #highereducation #highered #OPM https://t.co/fUTHyR5Rfl

OPM Outlook: The Next Frontier in Higher Ed Accountability and Oversight https://t.co/EAFNXeY4t6

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