Rules Proposed to Help For-Profit College Victims Too Weak, Say Debt Strikers – Truth-Out

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In June, a group representing fifteen students ripped off by for-profit colleges came to Washington to declare a debt payment strike and to ask the Department of Education to strengthen rules granting relief to scammed student debtors. Now, the department appears poised to propose regulations that the organization described as woefully insufficient.

In a rule-making process scheduled to occur over the next few days, the Department of Education looks set to establish a two-…

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