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This report helps to explain why it is so hard for borrowers to get help from the government—those in the industry with money and power are pushing for their own interests and are clearly being heard. 0.900

👤 Julie Margetta Morgan 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Finance , Debt

Simplified: Industry influence explains why borrowers struggle to get government help.

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We need to look at all of the factors driving student debt today, and that includes the influence of those who profit when students borrow. 0.900

👤 Julie Margetta Morgan 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Finance , Debt

Simplified: Examine all factors driving student debt including the influence of those who profit.

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America didn’t end up with more than a trillion dollars in student loan debt by accident,” said Morgan, Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and the report’s author. 0.900

👤 Julie Margetta Morgan 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Finance , Debt

Simplified: America's trillion-dollar student loan debt was not accidental according to Julie Margetta Morgan.

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For example, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently went to bat to shield loan servicers from accountability under state law, while at the same time fighting borrowers in court to require payment fr... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Legal , Politics

Simplified: Betsy DeVos shielded loan servicers from accountability while fighting defrauded students in court.

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In its latest issue brief, Who Pays? How Industry Insiders Rig the Student Loan System—And How to Stop It, the Roosevelt Institute examines the excess power of special interests in U.S. policymaking a... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Finance , Debt

Simplified: Roosevelt Institute examines special interests' power as factor in $1.5 trillion student loan debt.

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The report, written by Roosevelt Institute Fellow Julie Margetta Morgan, focuses on how colleges, loan servicers, and other industry players have used their influence over federal policymakers and reg... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Finance , Debt

Simplified: Julie Margetta Morgan's report focuses on industry influence over policymakers forcing students deeper in debt.

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The page also includes information about the steps to take if their information has been used fraudulently. 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Government , Education , Finance , Fraud

Simplified: StudentAid.gov/scams includes information about steps to take if information has been used fraudulently

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The office of Federal Student Aid provides a wealth of information about how to avoid student aid scams—on StudentAid.gov/scams—including how students and their contributors can lower their risk of id... 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Government , Education , Finance , Fraud

Simplified: Federal Student Aid provides information about avoiding student aid scams on StudentAid.gov/scams

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A recent review found that, as of early-February, nearly $40 million in Direct Loan payments, and an additional $6 million in Pell Grants, were incorrectly disbursed to ineligible individuals. 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Finance , Government , Education

Simplified: Nearly $40 million in Direct Loan payments and $6 million in Pell Grants were incorrectly disbursed to ineligible individuals as of early-February

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As of mid-January, an approximate $10 million in improper Direct Loans payments were disbursed before the Department restored NSLDS post screening. 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Finance , Government , Education

Simplified: Approximately $10 million in improper Direct Loans payments were disbursed before Department restored NSLDS post screening as of mid-January

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In May, the Department resumed automated post screening of student aid records for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) cycles. 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Government , Education , Finance

Simplified: Department resumed automated post screening of student aid records for 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA cycles in May

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The specific requirements to qualify for a borrower defense to repayment discharge vary depending on when you received your loan. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Help Center Article 🏷️ Finance , Education , Legal

Simplified: Borrower defense requirements vary depending on when you received your loan.

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From start to finish – filling out the FAFSA form to loan repayment – the American taxpayer underwrites federal student aid programs. 0.900

👤 U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Finance , Government , Education

Simplified: American taxpayer underwrites federal student aid programs from FAFSA form to loan repayment

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You may be eligible for discharge of your federal student loans based on borrower defense to repayment if you took out the loans to attend a school and the school did something, or failed to do someth... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Help Center Article 🏷️ Finance , Education , Legal

Simplified: You may be eligible for federal student loan discharge based on borrower defense if school misconduct occurred.

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A recent comprehensive analysis uncovered nearly $90 million disbursed to ineligible recipients, including thousands of deceased individuals receiving some form of payment. 0.900

👤 The U.S. Department of Education 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Finance , Government , Education

Simplified: Analysis uncovered nearly $90 million disbursed to ineligible recipients including deceased individuals

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Ratings were assigned under each category that factor into each school’s grade; grades may vary despite identical performance labels due to percentage score differences or qualitative assessments. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Report 🏷️ Assessment , Education

Simplified: Ratings factor into school grades grades may vary due to score differences or assessments

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ADL’s Report Card 2.0 assesses 135 schools based on 30 criteria, separated into: ‘Administrative Policies,’ ‘Jewish Life on Campus’ and ‘Campus Conduct and Climate Concerns.' 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Report 🏷️ Assessment , Education

Simplified: ADL's Report Card 2.0 assesses 135 schools based on 30 criteria

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ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card provides information about the current state of antisemitism on campus and how universities and colleges are responding. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Report 🏷️ Antisemitism , Campus , Education

Simplified: ADL's Campus Antisemitism Report Card provides information about antisemitism on campus and university responses

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Last Friday, OCR directed its enforcement staff to make resolving the backlog of complaints alleging antisemitic violence and harassment, many which were allowed to languish unresolved under the previ... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Legal

Simplified: OCR directed enforcement staff to prioritize resolving the backlog of complaints alleging antisemitic violence and harassment

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Last week, the Department, alongside fellow members of the Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism including the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Genera... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Press Release 🏷️ Education , Legal , Finance

Simplified: The Department announced the cancelation of $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University due to inaction to protect Jewish students

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