Inside Higher Ed New data posted by the Office of Federal Student Aid Thursday showed the Education Department received 35,000 new borrower-defense claims between July and the end of September. But the department didn’t approve or deny any claims over that period. FSA said the lack of progress on those claims was […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: With a newly won majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats have their sights set on challenging U.S. Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos on her rollback of several Obama-era policies and guidance, Politico reported. DeVos faces opposition from several corners, including the House education, financial services and […]
CNN New York (CNN Politics) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was hit with another lawsuit Tuesday claiming she failed to cancel student debt owed by people whose for-profit colleges have been shut down. The new lawsuit comes a month after a federal judge ruled that the regulation should immediately go into effect, after […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Education Secretary Betsy DeVos The U.S. Department of Education will blow a key deadline next month in its bid to overhaul two Obama-era student loan rules. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is seeking to issue a more restrictive version of a loan-forgiveness rule known as […]
Career.org Steve Gunderson, President and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, criticized the U.S. Department of Education for their failure to complete final rules on Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment by the November 1, 2018 deadline. “At a time when the nation desperately seeks skilled workers, career education […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum The Department of Education has until Oct. 12 to offer a stronger justification for delaying an Obama-era student loan rule issued to help defrauded borrowers. If it can’t do so, the rule will take effect, a federal judge said Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss ruled earlier […]
NASFAA Negotiators Clash Over Borrower Defense Standard of Evidence in Second Neg Reg Session By Allie Bidwell, Communications Staff Higher education stakeholders gathered Monday to begin debating the merits and drawbacks of a draft regulation put forth by the Department of Education (ED) that would outline under which circumstances a […]
Career.org CECU Calls for Process that Leads to a Clear, Concise Regulation 11/22/2017 November 21, 2017 – Arlington, Va. – Today, Steve Gunderson, president and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, submitted a letter to the Department of Education in support of the department’s proposed further delay of the borrower defense rule as […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum July 27, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education has not approved any borrower defense applications since the beginning of the Trump administration, a department official told Democratic senators this month. Borrower defense to repayment, until recently an obscure provision of the Higher Education Act, allows […]
The Seattle Times Washington state AG office joins suit in student-loan case Originally published June 30, 2017 at 5:00 am Updated June 29, 2017 at 8:52 pm Attorney General Bob Ferguson is joining attorneys general in nine other states to fight a lawsuit that would remove protections for students who borrowed […]