TCF fellow. Higher ed policy. 🛑 the Debt Sentence. NYC based. Millennial in name only... Opinions my own.
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Today, @usedgov sent a hefty bill to 2 schools that closed in 2018! Top 3 take-aways below. content.govdelivery.com/acco…
And next time this industry cries about "unfair attacks" or "Due Process" lets just recall the 8+ years of spurious attacks and lifetime of harmful lies sprung on Shireman w/ less than 0 due process.
Long before Trump's "Big Lie" & anti-💉 nonsense, @WSJ E Board & others fine-tuned the weaponization of fake news w/ attacks like this. The recipe: 0 evidence & 💯 lies... repeated enough times to do real damage. Ty @davidfolkenflik @NPR for correcting the record.
Former federal official Robert Shireman has been baselessly accused of corruption for years - often by critics with industry ties who point to an eight year old article in the WSJ.
My story for NPR on his quest to get the WSJ to re-revisit the report.
npr.org/2021/09/07/102713057…
Turns out... Ed[NOT-SO]Smart.
EdSmart "a nationally recognized publisher of college resources and independent rankings," but actually a paid lead generator, just ranked "Best Online Law Schools." Keiser Univ (whose CEO loves rankings) comes in at #9. Keiser doesn't have a law school.
digitaljournal.com/pr/edsmar…
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Breakthrough! A summer project at @tcfdotorg has been to work with a data consultant to mine an obscure and complex @usedgov database to see if it reveals info abt colleges. It does! Latest update compared to past data shows:
3) You can close, but you can't hide. @usedgov has used extraordinary collection power to garnish wages, SSI & VA benefits from students. Maybe now we'll see that type of collection against corrupt execs. defendstudents.org/news/warr…
2) Return 100% of ill-gotten gains. Makes sense, but @usedgov has never before charged a school for 100% of federal aid received over a three-year period. Schools with MANY fraud charges - like @devryuniv or @UAZGlobalCampus - should take note. drive.google.com/file/d/1Lsp…
1) There are costs for sudden closure. @usedgov is charging Harrison College for the students left in the lurch by its sudden closure in 2018. CEHE execs should take note! republicreport.org/2021/the-…
YASSSSSSS. With 3,956 student complaints & counting against Perdoceo schools (AIU, CTU), it's good to see @FSACOO and @usedgov are turning this ship around and starting some investigations! 👏👏👏
Here's the May 11 letter from @usedgov to Perdoceo re 1000s of borrower defense claims against the company. Includes request for docs, including about law enforcement investigations of the company. Doc courtesy of @Capitol_Forum. republicreport.org/wp-conten…
Really critical to reach students now, amid all the misinformation they are getting from schools. Thanks @FSACOO for making this a priority!
Also, folks can get straight advice on loan forgiveness in this FREE seminar from seasoned Legal Aid lawyers - us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Student Advocates: Help us spread the word to students enrolled at schools owned by the Center for Excellence in Higher Education! #UniversityClosures #CollegeClosures
And thank you @SenatorDurbin @SenWarren @SherrodBrown for being steadfast champions for these students from the start!
Once again, advocates like @NCLC4consumers are picking up the slack to share real information with students who have been harmed. Check out their 8/4 webinar here - lafla.org/stories-events/ale…
We called on @usedgov for action on CEHE last October. ED could have 1) secured student records; 2) protected students from predatory "teachouts"; 3) pursued personal liability against corrupt execs; 4) set the stage for automatic loan cancellation
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.@SenatorDurbin @SenWarren @SenSherrodBrown
write @SecCardona calling for "immediate action" to assist CEHE students: "CEHE and its staff are steering students toward questionable options and misrepresenting students’ deadlines for decisions on transfer." republicreport.org/wp-conten…
Who's afraid of actual oversight?
Art Keiser lectures fellow #NACIQI members for probing accreditors they are supposed to review, following intense discussion yesterday of ACCSC, which accredited many predatory schools. Keiser missed the session because his own for-profit school, Southeastern, is ACCSC-accredited
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Art Keiser lectures fellow #NACIQI members for probing accreditors they are supposed to review, following intense discussion yesterday of ACCSC, which accredited many predatory schools. Keiser missed the session because his own for-profit school, Southeastern, is ACCSC-accredited
The 2021 closed school application is not online. Maybe @usedgov thinks students will give up if they have to go through their servicers? (good luck!) But here's the 2020 application. I'm sure it hasn't changed much - studentaid.gov/sites/default…
Come to think of it, @usedgov should be telling students that too! But somehow @usedgov 's website on Closed School Discharge links to everything BUT the application for loan relief. studentaid.gov/manage-loans/…
