Defrauded student loan borrowers are demanding that the Education Department clear their debt, years after for-profit colleges scammed them out of money.
Last week, nearly 800 student loan borrowers sent a letter to the Department of Education demanding immediate relief. In addition to the borrowers, 26 organizations representing them, including the American Federation of Teachers, the Center for American Progress and EdTrust, joined in on the letter
“We write as 26 organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights advocates, and researchers to encourage the Department of Education (the Department) to use its authority under the Higher Education Act to relieve the outstanding loan balances of defrauded borrowers who have waited years for the relief due them,” the letter dated August 29 said.