Total debt is $3.9 billion. The Education Department also announced that it will seek to recoup $24 million from DeVry University.
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Jul 15, 2022
The motion could delay the discharges of $6 billion in student debt arranged by the recent settlement by the Department of Education in Sweet v. Cardona.
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July 15, 2022
The motion could delay the discharges of $6 billion in student debt arranged by the recent settlement by the Department of Education in Sweet v. Cardona.
July 11, 2022
Newly proposed regulations from the Education Department would create clear steps to hold colleges accountable to paying for recouped federal student loans.
June 9, 2022
New study shows that twice the number of for-profit colleges could fail under potential changes to gainful employment by the Biden administration than would have under the old rules.
June 2, 2022
Education Department will make the largest group discharge of federal student loans in U.S. history.
February 10, 2022
Education Department sets out some ideas, but they are still a long way from completion. One idea is to require all colleges to report some information on their outcomes.
January 26, 2022
"The accusatory tone of the piece and the lack of context are deeply disturbing and misleading."
January 19, 2022
With its accreditor’s decision on potential sanctions due soon, the University of Arizona Global Campus is also contending with lower-than-expected enrollment and a California lawsuit against its corporate partner.
January 18, 2022
Many other fights that focus on for-profit higher education will be center stage in a round of negotiated rule making sponsored by the Department of Education this week. Will the negotiators find consensus on any issues?
November 22, 2021
Stakeholders argue that there are more appropriate ways to hold for-profit institutions accountable than excluding their students from using the Build Back Better Act’s increase to the maximum Pell Grant.