FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 12, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 NEW: Schumer Endorses Call For Moratorium on the Department of Education Opposing Student Borrowers in Bankruptcy U.S. Senate Majority Leader...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 10, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Advocacy Groups Call for Moratorium on Department of Education Opposing, Appealing Student Debt Bankruptcy Discharges A broad coalition of student...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 26, 2022 PRESS CONTACTpress@defendstudents.org PEER Project Releases New Research as Department of Education Launches Rulemaking Process As the U.S. Department of Education begins Negotiated Rulemaking on higher...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Launches Investigation into Federal Student Aid Civil Rights Enforcement Investigation comes after Student Defense filed a class...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 13, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense & Project on Predatory Student Lending Call for Increased Transparency from Department of Education Ahead of Rulemaking Today,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 10, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense and Relman Colfax File Class Action Civil Rights, Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Against Walden University on Behalf of Former...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 22, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Statement on Payment Pause Deadline Extension The Biden Administration announced today it was extending the federal moratorium on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 20, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Announces Hiring of Colorado Assistant AG Libby DeBlasio WebsterWebster will serve as Senior Counsel and Co-Director of the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 17, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Advocates Call on Department of Education to Remove False Tax Information on Loan Discharge ApplicationBorrowers “may be improperly discouraged from...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 15, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Iowa Appeals Court Affirms Class Certification in Student Defense Lawsuit Against La’James International College The Iowa Court of Appeals issued...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 28, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT:press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Welcomes Department of Education’s Pledge to Reform Bankruptcy PolicyAment: Department must work to “swiftly turn this important promise into...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 27, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Citing Student Defense Testimony, Congressman Gets Student Aid Chief to Agree to Hold For-Profit College Executives Accountable for Fraud and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, October 6, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Applauds Biden Administration’s Extension of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Student Defense President Aaron Ament today released the...
On August 12, 2021, the Department of Education issued a Notice in the Federal Register rescinding the March 2018 Notice of Interpretation regarding preemption. The Department also called for public...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 26, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Department of Education Announces It Will Extend Relief to Former Students Who Attended Closed ITT Schools The Relief Was Proposed...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 19, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Education Department Automates Discharges for Borrowers With Disabilities Following Student Defense Rulemaking Petition and Calls for Action WASHINGTON, DC –...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 9, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Applauds Department of Education’s Revocation of DeVos Notice Preempting State Oversight, Enforcement Against Loan Servicers Student Defense applauds...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 6, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Federal Court Denies Dream Center Executives’ Motions to Dismiss in Class Action Lawsuit Brought By Former Art Institute Students In...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 3, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Partners with The George Washington University, Columbia University to Launch Higher Education Research InitiativePEER Project aims to drive...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 28, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Following Student Defense Reports, Senate Judiciary Chair Calls Hearing On Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform U.S. Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 27, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 NEW POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Reinstating the Gainful Employment Rule, Easing Student Debt Discharge in Bankruptcy A majority of Americans...
Cardozo School of Law Professor Pamela Foohey, along with Student Defense President Aaron Ament and Vice President & Chief Counsel Daniel Zibel have published a new legal essay in the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:June 24, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Report: Department of Education Ignores $1 Billion in Unpaid Institutional Liabilities While Chasing Borrowers in BankruptcyIn one case,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:June 11, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 New Data: ED Department Withholding Debt Discharges for More Than Half a Million Student Borrowers With Disabilities Entitled to ReliefA...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@defendstudents.org | 202-734-7495 Student Defense Statement on Revocation of ACICS Recognition as Accreditor Today, Student Defense President Aaron Ament...