Feds Start Investigation Into Private Student Loans Made By For-Profit Colleges
Feds Start Investigation Into Private Student Loans Made By For-Profit Colleges
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Three Ct College Registered Nursing Programs Placed On Conditional Status
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Middletown Vinal Tech’s LPN Program Faces Closure
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Feds Sue Student Financial Aid Firm For Ripping Off Students
Operation Ripped Off Students and Families Applying for College Financial Aid Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it is taking action to halt a nationwide student financial aid scam that allegedly ripped off…
Feds Order Discover Bank To Pay $18.5 Million For Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Discover’s Illegal Servicing Practices Affected Private Student Loan Borrowers Transferred from Citibank The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action against Discover Bank and its affiliates for illegal private student loan servicing practices. The…
Feds Crack Down On Student Financial Aid Services For Illegal Billing
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School Arrests, Expulsions Decline But Racial Disparities In Discipline Exist
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Report Raises ‘Significant Concern’ With Use Of Restraints, Seclusion In Ct Schools
By: Lisa Chedekel A 4-year-old boy identified with a developmental delay was physically restrained by school staff after he “threw (puzzle) pieces on the floor and across the room” while playing with a puzzle on…
Fed Report: Distressed Privare Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report highlighting complaints by struggling private student loan borrowers who describe being driven into default. Distressed borrowers report that they receive very little…
C-HIT, Yale Breast Center Team Up For Unique Forum, Oct. 21
US Rep. Rosa DeLauro and leading breast cancer experts from The Breast Center-Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven and the Hospital of Central Connecticut will be the featured panelists at a unique community forum organized…
FTC Action Halts Online High School Diploma Mill That Made $11 Million Selling Worthless Diplomas to Students
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court in Florida has temporarily halted a diploma mill that allegedly grossed more than $11 million from marketing and selling fake high school diplomas online to…
Feds Sue For-Profit Corinthian Colleges For Predatory Lending Scheme
Bureau Seeks More than $500 Million In Relief For Borrowers of Corinthian’s Private Student Loans Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued for-profit college chain Corinthian Colleges, Inc. for its illegal predatory lending scheme….
Campus Sexual Assault: What Are Colleges Doing Wrong?
by Abbie Nehring Columbia University’s Alma Mater statue marked with red tape in support of victims of sexual assault. (Erin Vaughn/Instagram) Update July 29: We have updated this article to include the responses universities gave…
Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will
Carson Luke, a young boy with autism, shattered bones in his hand and foot after educators grabbed him and tried to shut him into a “scream room.” Kids across the country risked similar harm at…
Private Student Loan Borrowers Face “Auto-Default” When Co-Signer Dies Or Goes Into Bankruptcy
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman has released a report highlighting complaints of “auto-defaults” in private student lending. Borrowers report that some lenders demand immediate full repayment upon the death or bankruptcy…
As Parents Struggle to Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand to Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents. College Debt Total outstanding college debt is estimated at $1 trillion dollars – and with costs still soaring, the burden on…
Is There Really A Major Disconnect Between Jobs And Workers?
For years it has been considered as fact that high unemployment is largely caused by employers unable to find qualified workers to fill millions of open jobs. However, New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman…
Feds Sue ITT For-Profit Chain For Predatory Lending
ITT Pushed Consumers into High-Cost Student Loans Likely to Fail Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against ITT Educational Services, Inc., accusing the for-profit college chain of predatory student lending. The…
Connecticut Launches Coalition To Reduce Restraints And Seclusion In Schools
By: Lisa Chedekel If Connecticut officials are going to continue to allow schools to use seclusion as a behavioral intervention, can’t they at least make sure that seclusion rooms have chairs? That was the understated,…
How College Pricing Is Like Holiday Retail Sales
After a “tuition reset,” Concordia University found that the lower rates increased student applications, raising enrollments and, ultimately, net tuition revenue. (Drew Geraets via Flickr) by Marian WangnShare You know all those seemingly…