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NCLC Advocates Applaud the Department of Education’s Decision To Cancel Corinthian College Students’ Federal Student Loan Debts

June 2, 2022

June 2, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would cancel the federal student loans of over 560,000 people who attended Heald College, Everest Institute, or WyoTech, schools owned by the shuttered for-profit Corinthian Colleges. Kyra Taylor, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, praised this decision and said:…

Biden Administration Sued Again Over Languishing Debt Relief Claims Disproportionately Shouldered by Communities of Color

May 19, 2022

May 19, 2022 Advocates aim to secure relief for former Westwood College students WASHINGTON – A group of student, consumer advocacy, and civil rights organizations today filed a lawsuit against U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and the Department of Education on behalf of former Westwood College students who have been waiting nearly six years for…

Advocates Applaud ED Approval of $238M Discharge for Marinello School of Beauty Borrowers

April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Education (ED) announced approval of a $238 million group discharge for 28,000 federal student loan borrowers harmed by “pervasive and widespread misconduct” at Marinello Schools of Beauty. In response, Kyra Taylor, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, issued the following statement: “Today’s actions could…

Advocates Support Extension of Student Loan Payment Pause and Praise Removal of Loans from Punitive Default System

April 6, 2022

April 6, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, in response to the Department of Education’s announcement that it will extend the student loan payment pause through August 31 and that it will remove federal student borrowers from default and give them a fresh start in repayment when the pause ends, Abby Shafroth, interim director of the National…

Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s Approval of $415M in Borrower Defense Claims

February 16, 2022

February 17, 2022 Nearly 16,000 borrowers will see their loans discharged as a result of the Department’s findings BOSTON – Today, in response to the Department of Education’s announcement of findings that additional federal student loan borrowers who attended DeVry University, Westwood College, and ITT Tech will be eligible to discharge their federal student loans…

Advocates Urge Department of Education to Discharge Debt Held By All Former Students of Corinthian Colleges

February 10, 2022

February 10, 2022 Today, over thirty legal aid and advocacy organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education asking it to stop requiring Corinthian College students to apply for borrower defense relief; instead, the Department should issue a group discharge to those students. “Approximately 350,000 students–many of whom are low-income people of color, veterans,…

Advocates Testify Before House Subcommittee on Closed School Discharges

September 30, 2021

LAFLA and NCLC Advocates Testify Before House Subcommittee on Closed School Discharges September 30, 2021 Washington — Representatives from the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and the National Consumer Law Center provided testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment — offering perspectives on improving the federal loan…

Troubled Servicer Navient to Exit Federal Student Loan System

September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021 Boston – In response to the announcement that the student loan servicer Navient intends to end its federal contract with the Department of Education in December and proposes Maximus Federal Services, Inc. (“Maximus”) as substitute servicer, Persis Yu, director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, issued the…

Statement in Response to Education Department’s Announcement on Student Loan Discharges for ITT Tech Students

August 26, 2021

Boston – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that 115,000 borrowers who attended and withdrew from ITT Tech will receive more than $1.1 billion in student loan discharges based on findings that the school engaged in misconduct that allowed it to stay in business while deceiving students and luring them into taking out unaffordable…

Statement in Response to Education Department’s Announcement on Automatic Cancellation for Disabled Borrowers

August 19, 2021

Boston – In response to the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Education that 323,000 borrowers who have a total and permanent disability (TPD) will receive more than $5.8 billion in automatic student loan discharges due to a new regulation, Persis Yu, director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project,…

More students impacted by school closures: What Should Independence University, CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College, and California College San Diego Students Do?

August 4, 2021

This webinar will provide students with information about student loan discharges and other information regarding the closure of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Schools Independence University, CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College, and California College San Diego. In August 2020, the Attorney General of Colorado won its case against CEHE’s owners. In that lawsuit, the Colorado…

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Free Webinar for Thousands of Students Impacted by Sudden Closure of Online Schools

August 3, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2021Washington, D.C. — This week, four large, national college chains are closing, stranding more than 7,000 students, most of whom are online: Independence University, CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College, and California College San Diego. Now the school’s owner, the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE), is aggressively pushing impacted students to…

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