/tags/for-profit-colleges-0 for-profit colleges en-US Copyright Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:06:22 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-18/education-dept-begins-rolling-back-trump-era-policies-on-defrauded-students The U.S. Department of Education says it is scrapping a controversial, Trump-era policy that granted only partial student loan relief to borrowers who were defrauded by private, for-profit colleges. Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:06:22 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-18/education-dept-begins-rolling-back-trump-era-policies-on-defrauded-students Cory Turner /news-partners/2020-07-16/trump-administration-clears-for-profit-colleges-to-register-veterans-again The Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer blocking several schools that the Federal Trade Commission penalized for deceptive advertising from enrolling GI Bill students. Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-07-16/trump-administration-clears-for-profit-colleges-to-register-veterans-again Quil Lawrence /news-partners/2019-12-12/house-democrats-grill-betsy-devos-over-denying-student-borrower-relief The education secretary testified before the House education committee about her handling of a loan relief program for student borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:31:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-12/house-democrats-grill-betsy-devos-over-denying-student-borrower-relief Cory Turner, Anya Kamenetz /news-partners/2019-12-11/betsy-devos-overruled-education-dept-findings-on-defrauded-student-borrowers The education secretary says many students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges don't deserve full relief from their loans. Department memos show career staff arguing the opposite. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-11/betsy-devos-overruled-education-dept-findings-on-defrauded-student-borrowers Cory Turner /news/2017-05-02/over-5-000-for-profit-college-students-in-ohio-eligible-for-loan-forgiveness More than 5,000 Ohio residents who attended a string of failed for-profit colleges are now eligible for student loan forgiveness.Attorney General Mike… Tue, 02 May 2017 18:58:55 GMT /news/2017-05-02/over-5-000-for-profit-college-students-in-ohio-eligible-for-loan-forgiveness Steve Brown /2016-12-07/what-former-employees-say-itt-tech-did-to-scam-its-students Here are the accounts from several former employees and students about what happened behind closed doors at ITT Tech to lure students into expensive loans that rarely paid off. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:25:00 GMT /2016-12-07/what-former-employees-say-itt-tech-did-to-scam-its-students Rowan Moore-Gerety /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2016-09-15/the-crackdown-on-for-profit-colleges ITT Technical Institutes closed its 137 campuses across the nation last week after 50 years in operation. The move arrives after the U.S. Department of… Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2016-09-15/the-crackdown-on-for-profit-colleges /news/2015-11-17/settlement-forgives-student-loans-for-more-than-7-000-ohioans Thousands of Ohioans are having their student loans forgiven.State Attorney General Mike DeWine and nearly 40 other attorney generals announced on Monday… Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:27:04 GMT /news/2015-11-17/settlement-forgives-student-loans-for-more-than-7-000-ohioans The Associated Press Ohio