Washington, D.C. - Today the National Student Legal Defense Network (NSLDN), on behalf of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA), filed a lawsuit demanding that the Department of Education immediately...
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Student Legal Defense Network (NSLDN) published an outline of oversight activity that the new, Democratic-controlled House of Representatives can pursue to better protect student...
October 23, 2018 - Today, NSLDN’s Vice President and Chief Counsel Dan Zibel appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to argue a case that may...
On October 1, 2018, NSLDN submitted two FOIA requests seeking all communications between the U.S. Department of Education and non-governmental third parties about the 2018 Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment...
On September 26, 2018 NSLDN submitted a FOIA request seeking the prepared remarks of Diane Auer Jones, who is delegated to perform the duties of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education,...
On December 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education terminated recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (“ACICS”) after finding that the accreditor was pervasively noncompliant with...
On March 26, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Education for (i) copies of all data/information requests submitted by members of the 2017-2018 Borrower Defense...
On Monday September 10, 2018, NSLDN, together with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Center for Responsible Lending filed a brief in the U.S. District Court...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 5, 2018) – A recent regulatory proposal from the United States Department of Education is illegally riddled with factual inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims, according to a new...
On August 30, 2018, the National Student Legal Defense Network submitted three separate comments regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to dramatically rewrite the “borrower defense” rule. NSLDN’s comments...
Lawsuit aims to stop Education Secretary from illegally delaying rules meant to protect millions of students who are studying in online programs
On August 10, 2018, the National Student Legal Defense Network issued the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Education regarding its proposal to rescind the Gainful...
Washington, DC (August 1, 2018) —Two watchdogs today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education (ED) to shed light on its role in aiding Navient, a giant servicer of...
On July 31, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request seeking evidence that the U.S. Department of Education relied upon when it issued findings that two institutions of higher education participating...