Cancel All Corinthian Colleges Student Debt (with Astra Taylor)
This op-ed was published in the Los Angeles Times on June 23, 2015. At the last moment, during fact-checking, the editor added a phrase that my co-author and I did not write and would not have...
View ArticleObama Should Cancel Defrauded Students’ Debts Already
Throughout the primary, the leading candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination have promised to take action on the $1.3 trillion student debt crisis. These calls have been echoed by President...
View ArticleThe Special Master Feels Your Pain: For-profit College Students Demand Debt...
It is a rare occasion when policy elites sit across the table from those whose lives are affected by their decisions. Last week, I participated in just such an event when I accompanied a group of...
View ArticleAgainst ‘Gainful Employment’
Last month, a unanimous Appeals Court ruling strongly affirmed the federal government’s ‘gainful employment’ regulation which requires “career colleges” (including for-profit schools and certificate...
View ArticleObama’s Missed Chance to Help For-Profit College Students
Student debt, which now totals more than $1.3 trillion, is a debilitating hardship for millions of students and families. While presidential candidates will surely debate the issue all summer long,...
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