Showing posts with label borrower defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label borrower defense. Show all posts
Sunday, January 4, 2026

$8 Billion in Liberty University Debt: Engaging a Faith-Driven Constituency

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More than 290,000 Liberty University borrowers owe over $8 billion in federal student loans , yet most remain politically disengaged. Many a...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Borrower Defense Stories: The Human Cost of Higher Education Fraud

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Over the past month, the Higher Education Inquirer has chronicled the experiences of borrowers misled by predatory institutions—mainly for-p...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Borrower Defense Story 3: Modern Indentured Servitude (Feral Woman)

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[Editor's note:  This is the third story in our series on the social and philosophical dimensions of Borrower Defense to Repayment. We h...

FOIA Request Seeks Updated Borrower Defense Data from U.S. Department of Education

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The Higher Education Inquirer has submitted a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Education seeking upd...

Borrower Defense Story 2: Anxiety & Interest (KH)

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[Editor's note: This is the second story in a series about student loan debt and the moral necessity of Borrower Defense to Repayment. T...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Borrower Defense Story 1: I Did Everything Right. And I’m Still Paying for a Degree I Never Got (Chamberlain School of Nursing- Single Mom)

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In 2010, I was a mom-to-be with one child already at home and a marriage quietly unraveling. I knew I had to secure a future for my children...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

IMPORTANT INFO for Sweet v Cardona (now Sweet v McMahon) CLASS - DECISION GROUPS and POST-CLASS Folks (Posted on July 8, 2025) (r/Borrower Defense)

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Just dropping this IMPORTANT INFO from the DOE for Sweet v Cardona (now Sweet v McMahon) peeps who are CLASS - DECISION GROUPS and POST-CLAS...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Trump's Department of Education Continues to Drag Feet on Borrower Defense

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On June 26th, the US Department of Education was brought to the Ninth District Court (and Judge Alsup) to show how many the Borrower Defens...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

See the Sweet v McMahon Borrower Defense Case Tomorrow Live

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  The next episode of Sweet v. McMahon (formerly Sweet v. Cardona), "THE CLOCK IS TICKING," will premiere on Thursday, June 26, 20...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Sweet v. McMahon (formerly Sweet v Cardona) hearing will premiere on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 2pm EST / 11am PST (r/BorrowerDefense)

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The next episode of Sweet v. McMahon (formerly Sweet v. Cardona), "THE CLOCK IS TICKING," will premiere on Thursday, June 26, 2025...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Latest Borrower Defense to Repayment Numbers (US Department of Education)

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The Higher Education Inquirer has received information today from the US Department of Education about Borrower Defense to Repayment claims....
Monday, May 19, 2025

The Higher Education Racket

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 "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket." Eric Hoffer American higher education, on...
Friday, April 4, 2025

Trump’s Education Department is Closing. And Also Starting A Long Rulemaking Process. (David Halperin)

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Although President Donald J. Trump last month signed an executive order directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon “to the maximum ext...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

What now for the US Department of Education?

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What happens now with the US Department of Education now that Elon Musk claims that it no longer exists? It's hard to know yet, and eve...
Friday, January 17, 2025

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Forgiveness and Borrower Assistance Actions (US Department of Education)

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Total Approved Student Debt Relief Reached Almost $189 Billion for 5.3 Million Borrowers The Biden-Harris Administration today announced its...
Sunday, December 8, 2024

University of Phoenix: An Albatross for Idaho?

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The University of Phoenix will be back in Idaho District Court in 2025 unless Apollo Global Management can find another buyer for the schoo...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Seventh Quarterly Report under Settlement Agreement in Sweet, et al. v. Cardona (US Department of Education)

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The latest report regarding Borrower Defense to Repayment settlements has been published. National Student  Loan Data System records indi...