The Department of Education has announced more borrower defense findings; which applications are getting granted?
September 07, 2021
by Kyra Taylor
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A borrower defense to repayment (“borrower defense”) allows borrowers who were misled, defrauded, or subject to illegal behavior by their school to discharge the federal student loan debt they borrowed to attend the school. Borrowers can request a discharge by submitting an application to the Department of Education (“ED”) detailing the school’s misconduct. Given recent […]
Continue Reading →Sen. Warren to Department of Education: Why Are You Seizing Money from Defrauded Corinthian Borrowers?
September 29, 2016
by Persis Yu
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This morning, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a scathing letter to the U.S. Department of Education highlighting some troubling data about the way that the Department treated Corinthian Colleges borrowers eligible for fast track relief. The Department announced that these borrowers were eligible for relief after finding that nearly 100 Corinthian campuses (operating as WyoTech, […]
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