More than 1,500 Students to Receive Relief in Reversal by the U.S. Department of Education WASHINGTON, DC — Student Defense announced today that over 1,500 students represented in the class-action...
Former students of the Illinois Institute of Art and the Art Institute of Colorado sued Secretary Betsy DeVos and the US Department of Education, for illegally propping up the two...
Student Defense is committed to the economic security and advancement of all Americans, especially younger generations, through good higher education opportunities. Their well-being requires a healthy planet.
Student Defense announced the launch of its Quality Assurance Initiative and the publication of three new reports on how accreditors can better protect student borrowers.
As the gatekeeper to over $150 billion annually in federal student aid, accreditation plays a critical role in protecting students and taxpayers by assuring the quality of our postsecondary educational...
In recent years, colleges and universities ave been closing at historically high rates. Regardless of the cause, without adequate safety measures and advance planning, an institutional closure may yield dramatic,...
This paper affirms the authority of accrediting agencies to oversee nonprofit conversions and provides specific recommendations for heightened monitoring of an institution after a conversion.
Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued the following statement responding to the Department of Education’s rollback of the 2016 Borrower Defense regulation: “Secretary DeVos continues to be more focused on collecting...
Student Defense and the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement at Drake University hosted a special screening of the award-winning documentary Fail State.