On Wednesday, a federal judge gave final approval to a settlement that will erase nearly $600 million that 750,000 students owed ITT Technical Institute.
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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Washington Post
November 28, 2018
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Tags: Student Debt
Organizations mentioned/involved: Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
News Story (NATIONAL)
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Washington Post
November 28, 2018
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Tags: Student Debt
Organizations mentioned/involved: Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
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In the meantime, ITT’s estate has notified students who are eligible for the debt cancellation, according to the Project on Predatory Student Lending at Harvard Law School, a legal aid group that worked with the law firm Jenner & Block to represent the students.
“This settlement does more for the cheated students of predatory for-profit colleges than [Education Secretary] Betsy DeVos has done in her entire administration,” said Toby Merrill, director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending. “At a time when students are being ignored by their government, ITT students stood up to this predatory college themselves and secured the relief they are owed.”