A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
INCLUDING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, STUDENT LOANS AND FINANCIAL AID, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, ENDOWMENTS, AND ON-LINE LEARNING - Join us for an essential deep dive into the sweeping changes introduced by the “One Big Beautiful...more
In a move aimed at delivering on one of his most ambitious campaign promises, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and shift authority over education...more
As part of its pledge to improve student loan programs and advance diversity and opportunity in higher education, the Biden administration has forgiven a total of $127 billion in student debt for 3.6 million borrowers,...more
Higher education clients who accept federal student loans may have recently received emails from the Department of Education (“Department”) notifying them of borrower defense claims seeking to avoid loan repayment obligations...more
Federal Student Aid’s Office of Enforcement announced a “secret shoppers” program as one of many tools to evaluate a college or university’s recruitment, enrollment, financial aid and other practices. The secret shoppers...more
Our Education Team examines how the Borrower Defense Rule is again expanding under the Biden Administration, beginning with a huge decision involving, for the first time, for-profit schools that are still operating. Nearly...more
Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial...more
Culminating two years of negotiated rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) published on Aug. 30, 2019, new "Institutional Accountability" regulations that apply to all federal student loans disbursed...more
The US Department of Education (ED) is preparing for a new rulemaking that is intended to clarify—and very likely expand—the ability of student borrowers to be relieved of the obligation to repay their Federal Direct Loans....more