📸 Scenes from our first event of the semester! 📢Defend Students Not Cops!
Thank you to all who came out and supported. Reminder to attend our weekly General Body Meetings Thursdays at 5:30 in SOC 132 to join the fight to #DefendStudents first amendment right to protest!
The mass arrest of students is a violation of their rights and must be condemned. #DefendStudents
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So-called Ed Sec DeVos should have been rejected by the Senate after it was revealed that she made millions by investing in companies that profit off the backs of students. Thankfully, the federal courts are picking up Senate Republicans’ slack. #DefendStudents #BorrowerDefense
General body meeting TONIGHT & every Thursday at 5:30 PM in SOC 152! Join the student movement at USF to #DefendStudents , Not Cops!
Tonight’s general body meeting will be taking place in a different room! Join us at 5:30 PM in SOC 152 to continue the fight to #DefendStudents not cops!
'The Department has permitted states to either delegate their oversight responsibilities to another leg of the triad (federally recognized accrediting agencies) or dispense with oversight altogether.' Student Defense
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Student debt relief will help repair the systemic harms that our broken student loan system has inflicted on our most vulnerable communities. #JuneteenthRelief #CancelStudentDebt #DefendStudents #ProtectConsumers
A strong reminder from Student Defense that there is strong precedent for using an earnings threshold across academia to evaluate whether college programs provide actual value.
Also, love the rest of these comments from them on Gainful Employment. ---> defendstudents.org/letters/docume…
.Natl Association for College Admission Counseling joined nearly 40 organizations and experts to urge Congress to #defendstudents from predatory postsecondary institutions ow.ly/p4FN50MQfhf
DeVry Asks Court to Block Education Department from Recovering $23M in Discharged Loans ow.ly/zrG550P5xL6 via Inside Higher Ed Another example of how defending taxpayer interests are aligned with the effort to #DefendStudents against fraud. More: bit.ly/3yxBkEi
Education Department Announces Use of Secret Shoppers to Protect Student Against Unscrupulous Institutions ow.ly/FnVi50NreHL via U.S. Department of Education An important step in the effort to #defendstudents against predatory institutions bit.ly/3yxBkEi
Eight US Senators Urge Department of Education to Implement Strong Protections Against Low-Value Postsecondary Institutions ow.ly/g5lK50MQf3y #DefendStudents Natl Association for College Admission Counseling and other orgs support strong student protections against predatory institutions: bit.ly/3yxBkEi
Education Department Issues Updated Guidance on Third Party Servicers ow.ly/wFgO50N3BVW via U.S. Department of Education Natl Association for College Admission Counseling believes it is important to ensure that entities working with colleges abide by the same rules as colleges to #defendstudents against unscrupulous behavior.
For-Profit Hussian College Abruptly Shuts Down ow.ly/jIv950OVFGU via Higher Ed Dive Critical to #defendstudents against the ill effects of these sudden closures. More here: bit.ly/3yxBkEi
Connecticut Attorney General Sues Closed For-Profit College ow.ly/78wQ50Pj2O9 via Higher Ed Dive Another in the excruciating and recurring drama of trying to #defendstudents against fraud and abuse bit.ly/3yxBkEi
‘Untold Harm’: ED Discharges Loans of 7,400 CollegeAmerica Students ow.ly/ru4n50Pm4AG via Inside Higher Ed Yet another chapter in the neverending tale where predatory colleges hurt student and taxpayers. More on preventing this: bit.ly/3yxBkEi #DefendStudents
.Senator Dick Durbin issues letter warning educators about hazards of predatory postsecondary institutions ow.ly/c17R50NPVO0 Find out more about how to #defendstudents bit.ly/3yxBkEi
