WASHINGTON, DC – Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued a statement today commending the student debt policy proposals released by the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force. The task force recommended requiring for-profit colleges...
WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on higher education, Student Defense and the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) sent a letter today to state authorizers,...
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Student Defense President Aaron Ament issued statements today responding to the announcement that Pennsylvania, Maryland, 16 other states and the District of...
Student Defense and American Oversight today called on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to publicly release the legally-required performance plans for the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA). During...
This article appeared in the American Prospect on May 31, 2020. The original article is available here. Unsanitized: States and Consumer Advocates Battling for Student Borrowers The following is a...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Student Defense and Democracy Forward filed a class-action lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for their departments’ illegal seizures of thousands...