On May 10, 2018, NSLDN, on behalf of its client, The Century Foundation, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education seeking the release of Final Program Review Determinations,...
The lawsuit calls for the Department of Education to release the 'Part II' submission by the accreditor ACICS. Read the lawsuit here.
On April 16, 2018, NSLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Century Foundation (TCF) in the Southern District of New York against the U.S. Department of Education. The lawsuit...
On April 27, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Education seeking communications between the Department and ACICS from April 3, 2018 to April 26, 2018....
Victory for Transparency, Accountability Comes As ACICS Withdraws Motion To Block Release of Report in Ongoing Legal Dispute with NSLDN, TCF (Washington, D.C.) – In direct response to a lawsuit...
On April 23, 2018, NSLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Century Foundation against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking the draft staff report on for-profit college accreditor ACICS's...
NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 23, 2018) – Earlier today, less than two hours after a federal lawsuit was filed against it, the U.S. Department of Education made an abrupt decision...
On April 17, 2018, NSLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Century Foundation against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking documents used to determine the amounts of partial relief...
In direct response to a lawsuit filed by NSLDN on behalf of The Century Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education released approximately 20,000 pages of documents regarding two higher education...
On April 18, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Education seeking numerous memoranda referenced in the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) December 8, 2017 report...
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...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Maryland Senate unanimously (46-0) passed legislation to protect students at for-profit institutions of higher education. This legislation also received overwhelming support from the House of...
WASHINGTON, DC – Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a notice today interpreting the Higher Education Act as preventing the enforcement of state consumer protection laws over the servicers...
On March 6, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeking documents related to that agency’s efforts to protect veterans from abusive advertising, sales,...
New Policies Could Protect Students At Schools Converting From For-Profit Status
Ruling Extends Exceedingly Short Public Comment Period Set by Department for Two Accrediting Agencies with History of Noncompliance Hearing on Century Foundation’s Lawsuit to Disclose Application Materials Critical to Providing...
On February 12, 2018, NSLDN submitted a FOIA request seeking a more detailed version of the Department’s FOIA Request Status log, including the following information: (i) requester name; (ii) requester...