For-Profit and Predatory Schools

Student Loans Litigators’ Interactive Guide to Corporate Bankruptcy, July 2021

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis

Policy Analysis

Reports & Briefs

Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud, January 2021; press release
NCLC/CRL report: Road to Relief: Supporting Federal Student Loan Borrowers During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond, Nov. 2020; press release
Report: Voices of Despair – How Seizing the EITC is Leaving Student Loan Borrowers Homeless and Hopeless During a Pandemic, July 2020; press release
Fact Sheet: What States Can Do to Protect Consumers: Student Loans, January 2020
Report: Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective, October 2019
Fact Sheet: Top 10 Ways New Rules on Borrower Defense, School Closures, and Arbitration are Worse for Borrowers, September 2019
Issue Paper: Defend the Department of Education’s Borrower Defense Rule (2017)
Updated Report: Ensuring Educational Integrity: 10 Steps to Improve State Oversight of For-Profit Schools (2014) Update to Step 2: Protecting Online Education Students (2015)
Improving college success for poor students (2014)
The Sallie Mae Saga: A Government-Created, Student Debt Fueled Profit Machine (2014)
Searching for Relief: Desperate Borrowers and the Growing Student Loan “Debt Relief” Industry (2013)
The Student Loan Default Trap (2012)
State Inaction: Gaps in State Oversight of For-Profit Higher Education (2011)
Piling It On: The Growth of Proprietary School Loans and the Consequences for Students (2011)

Comments

Coalition comments to the Department of Education re: consumer protections for students who attend out-of-state online schools and state authorization regulations, Sep. 10. 2021
Coalition comments to the Department of Education Sharing its Negotiated Rulemaking Priorities and Concerns About Title IV Funds, July 1, 2021
Supplemental Group comments to the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements re: Proposed NC-SARA Manual Modification Comments, Apr. 26, 2021
Group comments to the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements re: Proposed NC-SARA Manual Modification Comments, Apr. 16, 2021
Group comments to the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements urging policy revisions for Spring 2021, Nov. 30, 2020
ACICS Coalition Comment for Feb 2021 Meeting to U.S. Dept. of Education re: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), Nov. 20, 2020
Group comments to the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements re: NC-SARA Manual Modifications, Sept. 11, 2020
Legal Aid Coalition comments to the U.S. Dept. of Education re: Proposed 2020 Universal Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Form Listing of Elements, May 4, 2020
NCLC and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles comments to the U.S. Dept. of Education supporting the Department’s proposed distance education regulations, May 4, 2020
Group comments to National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements urging strengthening of its proposed manual changes for out-of-state online education, April 28, 2020
Comments to the Dep’t of Education re: Proposed Regulations on Recognition of Accrediting Agencies and Recognition Procedures for State Agencies, July 11, 2019
Coalition comments regarding the U.S. Dep’t of Education’s proposed changes to IPEDS data collection, May 20, 2019
Legal Aid Coalition Comments to the Dep’t of Education re: Proposed Deregulatory Rulemaking on Higher Ed Consumer Protections, Sep. 14, 2018
Legal Aid Coalition Comments to the Dep’t of Education re: Proposed Regulations on Gainful Employment, Sep. 13, 2018
Legal Aid Coalition Comments to DOE re: Proposed Regulations on Borrower Defenses and Use of Forced Arbitration by Schools in the Direct Loan Program, and Proposed Amendments to Closed School and False Certification Discharge Regulations, Aug. 30, 2018
Civil Rights Coalition Comments in opposition to the Department of Education’s proposed rewrite of the Borrower Defense Rule, Aug. 30, 2018
Comments from 80 Groups Urging Department to Adopt Stronger Borrower Defense Rule and Opposing Proposed Rule, Aug. 30, 2018
NCLC Comments Re: Proposed Delay of Program Integrity and Improvement, State Authorization of Distance Education Regulations, June 11, 2018
NCLC Comments on Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, February 23, 2018

Testimony

Letters

Group Letter to NC-SARA re: Call for Policy Proposals, Jul. 26, 2021
Group Letter to NC-SARA re: Proposed 21st Century Guidelines for Distance Education, Jul. 26, 2021
Group Letter to Secretary of Education Cardona Requesting Relief for the Borrower Defense Fund, Apr. 13, 2021
Group Letter to Senate Majority Leaders Schumer and McConnell in Support of Closing the 90/10 Loophole in the American Rescue Plan of 2021, Mar. 4, 2021
Group Letter to 117th Congress Urging Strengthening of Safeguards for Taxpayers and Students, Feb. 2, 2021
NCLC letter and attachments to the Biden Transition Team re: Recommended Revisions to False Certification (Ability-to-Benefit) Discharge Policies and Regulations, Dec. 9, 2020
Coalition letter to U.S. Department of Education and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity re: Compliance Report for ACICS, April 1, 2020
Coalition letter to Sen. Durbin and Rep. Lee in support of repealing the 2019 Borrower Defense Congressional Review Act, Dec. 9 2019
Coalition letter to Sens. Hassan & Durbin in Support of PROTECT Students Act, April 2, 2019
NCLC replied to a letter by Senators Jones, Warren, Harris, and Cortez Masto requesting ideas on how to address racial disparities in student debt and the broader challenges faced by students of color in college and career training, Feb. 15, 2019
Coalition letter to the U.S. Department of Education on the Department’s failure to protect Education Corporation of America students (disproportionately students of color) leading up to the for-profit school’s closure, Jan. 17, 2019
Coalition Letter to Department of Education Calling for Actions to Assist Students Impacted by Abrupt Closures of ECA and Vatterott College, Jan. 8, 2019
Coalition Letter to Department of Education on the Gainful Employment Disclosure Template, Jan. 7, 2019
Letter to Sec. DeVos Requesting Guidance and Implementation of State Authorization of Distance Education Rule, March 26, 2018
Civil Rights and Education Groups: Students of Color Must Be Protected from For-Profit College Exploitation: Civil Rights Community Opposes Repeal of Gainful Employment Rule, Sept. 13, 2018
Coalition Letter to Dep’t of Education: Deregulatory Agenda Will Weaken Critical Protections for Students, Sep. 13, 2018

Press Releases

Joint Press Release: Student Defense, NCLC, Lawyers’ Committee Issue Statements on Department of Education Granting Debt Relief to 79,000 Former Students of For-Profit Westwood College, Aug. 30, 2022
Press Release: Department of Education Provides Long Overdue Debt Relief to ITT Tech, Kaplan Students, Aug. 16. 2022
Press Release: NCLC Advocates Applaud the Department of Education’s Decision To Cancel Corinthian College Students’ Federal Student Loan Debts, June 2, 2022
Press Release: Advocates Applaud ED Approval of $238M Discharge for Marinello School of Beauty Borrowers, Apr. 28, 2022
Press Release: LAFLA and NCLC Advocates Testify Before House Subcommittee on Closed School Discharges, Sept. 30, 2021
Press Release: Statement in Response to Education Department’s Announcement on Student Loan Discharges for ITT Tech Students, Aug. 26, 2021
Free Webinar for Thousands of Students Impacted by Sudden Closure of Online Schools, Aug. 3, 2021
National Consumer Law Center Advocates Support Education Department Giving Loan Relief for 18,000 Former ITT Students but Urge More Action, June 16, 2021
Joint Statement: Advocates Urge President-Elect Biden to Provide More Student Debt Relief, January 8, 2020
NCLC Advocates Applaud Schumer/Warren Senate Resolution Calling for $50,000 in Debt Cancellation for 43 Million Student Loan Borrowers, Sept. 17, 2020
Advocates Decry Congress’s Failure to Protect Student Loan Borrowers and Taxpayers from School Fraud and Closures, June 26, 2020
Advocates Urge President Trump to Join Congress in Restoring Rule to Protect Student Loan Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures, May 20, 2020
Advocates Applaud Senate Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures, March 11, 2020
Statement Regarding CFPB and U.S. Department of Education MOU on Handling Student Loan Borrower Complaints, Feb. 4, 2020
Advocates Applaud U.S. House Vote to Restore Rule to Protect Borrowers from School Fraud and Closures, Jan. 16, 2020
Advocates Condemn U.S. Department of Education Delays on Student Debt Relief for Disabled Veterans, Nov. 22, 2019
Statement of National Consumer Law Center Attorney and Negotiator Robyn Smith on U.S. Department of Education’s Harmful Departure from Consensus on State Authorization Distance Education Regulations, Nov. 1, 2019
Education Department Erects New Barriers to Relief for Students Harmed by School Fraud and Closures; Protects For-Profit College Industry at Expense of Students, August 30, 2019
Statement Regarding Support of Bills to Relieve Student Loan Debt, July 23, 2019
National Consumer Law Center Attorney to Testify on June 11 before U.S. House Oversight Committee on Student Loan Servicing, June 10, 2019
Press Release: Advocates: Dept. of Education Plan to Redo Rule that Protects Students Harmed by Illegal School Conduct Falls Short, Jan. 18, 2019
Press Release: After Multiple Lawsuits and Court Order, Education Department Finally Agrees to Provide Relief to Students Hurt By School Closures, Dec. 14, 2018
Statement of NCLC attorney Abby Shafroth re: U.S. Department of Education Proposal to Abandon Rule Protecting Students and Taxpayers from Schools that Fail to Deliver Value, Aug. 10, 2018

Litigation

New York Legal Assistance Group v. Devos and U.S. Department of Education, July 20, 2020. Amicus Brief.
Bodor v Maximus Federal Services, Inc. Case No. 5:19-cv-05787-EGS in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, December 19, 2019. Complaint and press release.
National Consumer Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education, April 19, 2018, Complaint
The National Consumer Law Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Education for records related to its purported justification for delaying implementation of a rule to protect student loan borrowers from school fraud and abuse, including records of communications between agency officials and representatives of the for-profit college industry. NCLC filed a FOIA request for these records last summer and received limited, heavily redacted materials in response. NCLC asks the court to declare that the Department’s search was inadequate and its withholding of the records is unlawful, and to order the agency to make the requested records available without delay. Public Citizen is serving as co-counsel on the case.
Amicus Curiae Brief of Public Law Center, NCLC, Public Counsel in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Case Challenging Dep’t of Education’s Abandonment of Full Loan Relief for Defrauded Corinthian Students (Manriquez v. DeVos, April 16, 2018)
Amici Curiae Brief of National Consumer Law Center and 17 organizations in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging Department of Education’s Delay of Borrower Defense Rule (Commonwealth of Mass. et al v. Department of Education, September 28, 2017)
Amici Curiae Brief of National Consumer Law Center and 17 organizations in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging Department of Education’s Delay of Borrower Defense Rule (Bauer v. DeVos, September 28, 2017)

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