WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense Vice President and Chief Counsel Dan Zibel issued a statement regarding today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in...
Here's what student borrowers need to know about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By Cory Turner The U.S. Department of Education must act to help thousands of student loan borrowers who have severe disabilities; that's the message of two letters sent Tuesday to...
Institutions of higher education receive nearly $100 billion in state and local funding each year. Given the enormity of this public investment at the state and local levels, not to mention...
Illegal Delays in Payments Put Vulnerable Students in Financial Distress DES MOINES – Student Defense and Wandro & Associates, P.C., on behalf of a class of current and former students, today...
Student Defense and Partner Organizations Call on Secretary DeVos to Provide Automatic Total and Permanent Disability Loan Discharges to Borrowers she has Already Identified as Eligible WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense...
This blog post is intended to provide information on closed school discharge eligibility for students who attended Dream Center-owned schools, as well as parent PLUS borrowers who took out loans...
In recent years, many for-profit institutions of higher education have entered modified their corporate structure to change their tax status to nonprofit. But the corporate behaviors that have plagued students attending...
In light of recent college and university closures, the higher education community must pay more attention to how students fare when their school shuts down. A sudden school closure can...
Department Agrees to Extend Window for Closed School Discharges in Response to Student Defense Litigation over DeVos’s Illegal Support of Failing For-Profit Schools WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense announced another victory...
By Yuka Hayashi Jan. 16, 2020 7:33 pm ET WASHINGTON—The Education Department is providing loan relief to some 7,800 former students of the ITT Technical Institute, with debts totaling $95.1...
WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense and Democracy Forward released statements today responding to the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) withdrawing its application for recognition by the Council for...