| 2024-02-12 | Biden Approves $136 Billion in Targeted Student Debt Relief - 3.7 Million Borrowers Through Alternative Programs Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona |
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| 2023-06-30 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief John Roberts · Joe Biden · Elena Kagan |
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| 2022-08-24 | Biden Announces $10K-$20K Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - 43 Million Borrowers Eligible Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona |
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| 2022-01-13 | Navient Settles for $1.85 Billion Over Student Loan Servicing Fraud - Steered Borrowers Into Costly Forbearances Navient · Letitia James |
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| 2020-03-13 | COVID-19 Emergency Triggers Student Loan Payment Pause - 44 Million Borrowers Get Relief Donald Trump · Joe Biden · U.S. Department of Education |
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| 2019-10-24 | Federal Judge Holds DeVos in Contempt for Illegally Collecting on Corinthian Loans - $100K Fine Betsy DeVos · Sallie Kim · U.S. Department of Education |
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| 2019-07-01 | Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Robert Eitel · Julian Schmoke Jr. · +2 |
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| 2019-06-25 | U.S. Student Debt Surpasses $1.6 Trillion - 107% Increase in a Decade Federal Reserve |
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| 2018-12-10 | University of Phoenix Enrollment Collapses 80% After Fraud Investigations - $191M FTC Settlement University of Phoenix · Apollo Education Group · Federal Trade Commission |
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| 2017-12-21 | DeVos Replaces Full Debt Relief With Earnings-Based Formula - Corinthian Victims Get Pennies on Dollar Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education |
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| 2017-12-11 | Betsy DeVos Blocks Debt Relief for 200,000 Defrauded For-Profit College Students Despite Career Staff Recommendations Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · ITT Technical Institute |
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| 2017-06-14 | DeVos Freezes Borrower Defense Rule Protecting Defrauded Students - States Sue for Unlawful Delay Betsy DeVos · Maura Healey |
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| 2017-01-17 | CFPB Sues Navient for Systematically Cheating 12 Million Student Loan Borrowers Through Illegal Servicing Practices Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Navient Corporation · Sallie Mae |
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| 2017-01-17 | DeVos Confirmation Hearing Reveals Investments in Student Debt Collection - Ethics Review Incomplete Betsy DeVos · Performant Financial · RDV Corporation |
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| 2016-09-06 | ITT Technical Institute Closes Permanently After Federal Fraud Findings Leave 35,000 Students With Worthless Degrees ITT Technical Institute · Kevin Modany · Daniel Fitzpatrick · U.S. Department of Education · +1 |
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| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities |
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| 2015-04-26 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino |
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| 2015-02-23 | "Corinthian 15" Launch First Student Debt Strike in U.S. History Debt Collective · Corinthian 15 · Arne Duncan |
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| 2014-06-12 | Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan |
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| 2012-07-30 | Senate Harkin Report Documents Massive Fraud and Abuse in For-Profit College Industry Senator Tom Harkin · Senate HELP Committee · University of Phoenix · Corinthian Colleges · +4 |
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| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 |
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| 2010-08-04 | GAO Investigation Exposes Systemic For-Profit College Fraud - Industry Takes 25% of Federal Aid U.S. Government Accountability Office · Tom Harkin |
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| 2005-04-20 | Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students George W. Bush · MBNA · Sallie Mae |
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| 2005-04-20 | Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024) Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · +3 |
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| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion President Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix · Career Education Corporation · +1 |
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