FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 3, 2025MEDIA CONTACTStudent Defense press@defendstudents.org Trump Administration Backs Off Illegal Demand for SNAP Data Reversal comes in response to lawsuit filed by SNAP recipients and advocacy...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 22, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTJulian Wrightjulian@letmebeclear.com USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Recipients From States States become new battleground for the Department...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 8, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org303-646-7816 Federal Judge Denies Grand Canyon’s Motion to Dismiss Students’ RICO Lawsuit Ruling is one of the first federal court decisions in recent years...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 24, 2025 Coalition Sues Trump Administration For Dismantling Department of Education, Hurting All Students Washington, D.C. — Advocacy organizations representing millions of educators, civil rights champions, school...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 21, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on the Small Business Administration’s Takeover of Student Loans Student Defense Vice President Daniel Zibel issued a statement today in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTSStudent Defensepress@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Donald Trump’s Executive Order to Eliminate the Department of Education Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTSStudent Defensepress@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Investigating Trump Administration’s Plan to Shut Down the Department of Education Three New FOIA Lawsuits Filed Over Trump Transition Plans...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 11, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Donald Trump’s Plan to Dismantle the Department of Education Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement today...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 7, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Trump's Executive Order on PSLF Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement today regarding Donald Trump’s Executive Order...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 6, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Submits Testimony In Support of Ohio Proposals on Student Protections, Oversight of Online Program Management (OPM) Industry This week, Student Defense...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 12, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Federal Judge Approves Landmark Settlement Holding For-Profit College Executives Personally Accountable for Fraud Student Defense today announced the final approval of a classwide...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 11, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTSStudent Defensepress@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Public Citizenobaddar@citizen.org U.S. Department of Education Agrees to Temporarily Stop Sharing Student Data with DOGE Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department...
UPDATE: Students Seek Temporary Restraining Order in Lawsuit to Prevent Illegal DOGE Access to Department of Education Data Today, in their pending litigation on behalf of the University of California...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 7, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTSpress@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Students File Lawsuit Against Department of Education Over Illegal DOGE Data Access Washington, D.C. — Representing the University of California Student Association, Student...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 3, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Trump’s Plan to Eliminate the Department of Education Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement today regarding reported...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 11, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT:press@defendstudents.org646-599-2235 Student Defense Launches the Student Benefits Rollback Tracker to Protect Students’ Basic Needs From Donald Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda Student Defense announced today...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org(646) 599-2235 Student Defense Releases Higher Education Curriculum for State Oversight Student Defense published a curriculum of higher education oversight activity today that State...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 6, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | 646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Donald Trump’s Election as President Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement regarding the election of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 5, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | 646-599-2235 Student Defense Statement on Josh Stein’s Election as Governor of North Carolina Student Defense Vice President and Chief Counsel Dan Zibel...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | (646) 599-2235 Landmark Settlement Approved in Class-Action Lawsuit Against Walden University Over Alleged Targeting of Black and Female Students The $28.5 million settlement...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | (646) 599-2235 Caltech to evaluate relationship with Simplilearn after lawsuit, New York Times expose After a New York Times story shed light on Caltech’s outsourcing of Center...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | (646) 599-2235 Student Defense files lawsuit alleging that UMGC’s use of revenue sharing is illegal Student Defense filed a lawsuit in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | (646) 599-2235 Student Defense Offers Guidance to the Department of Education on FAFSA Data Sharing Methods to Increase Student Enrollment in Public...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | (646) 599-2235 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sued over astronomical student loan repayment penalties Plaintiff Haley Clements alleges that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 29, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense and Accountable Tech file Freedom of Information Act complaint against U.S. Department of Education The complaint comes after media...