Predatory Schools and School Accountability Archives - Page 2 of 3

Advocates Decry Congress’s Failure to Protect Student Loan Borrowers and Taxpayers from School Fraud and Closures

June 26, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Boston – National Consumer Law Center advocates are extremely disappointed that today Congress failed to override President Trump’s veto of Congress’s prior bipartisan vote to protect federal student loan borrowers by striking down the Department of Education’s new borrower defense regulations. The…

Advocates File Complaint with FTC; Urge Enforcement Action Against Vemo Education for Its Deceptive Marketing of Income-Share Agreements to Students

June 1, 2020

Advocates File Complaint with Federal Trade Commission; Urge Enforcement Action Against Vemo Education for Its Deceptive Marketing of Income-Share Agreements to Students Vemo-Built Comparison Shopping Tools for University of Utah and Purdue University Falsely Promote ISAs As Less Expensive than Other Student Loans Washington, D.C.- The National Consumer Law Center and the Student Borrower Protection…

Advocates Urge President Trump to Join Congress in Restoring Rule to Protect Student Loan Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

May 20, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) or Abby Shafroth ([email protected]) Boston – National Consumer Law Center advocates urge President Trump to join with Congress in protecting student loan borrowers hurt by school fraud and closures by signing into law the bipartisan joint resolution preserving existing borrower defense…

Advocates Applaud Senate Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

March 11, 2020

Boston – Today, National Consumer Law Center advocates applauded the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan use of the Congressional Review Act to block the 2019 Borrower Defense to Repayment rule from going into effect and to preserve the existing rules protecting borrowers from school fraud and closures. The vote was 53 – 42. “We are cheered to…

Advocates Applaud U.S. House Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

January 16, 2020

Boston – Today, National Consumer Law Center advocates applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ use of the Congressional Review Act to overturn the 2019 Borrower Defense to Repayment rule issued by the U.S. Department of Education last September. “The House correctly recognized that Department of Education’s attempt to prop up for-profit schools that cheat and…

Advocates Condemn U.S. Department of Education Delays on Student Debt Relief for Disabled Veterans

November 22, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Contacts: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) or Persis Yu ([email protected]) or (617) 542-8010 Boston – Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) condemned news that the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is delaying its plans to automatically forgive federal student loan debt for totally and permanently…

All

Advocates Decry Congress’s Failure to Protect Student Loan Borrowers and Taxpayers from School Fraud and Closures

Advocates Urge President Trump to Join Congress in Restoring Rule to Protect Student Loan Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

Advocates Applaud Senate Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

Advocates Applaud U.S. House Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures

Advocates Condemn U.S. Department of Education Delays on Student Debt Relief for Disabled Veterans

Support NCLC