Education Department erases $415M in student loan debt for 16,000 borrowers
In total, the Biden administration has approved $2 billion in loan forgiveness for students allegedly defrauded by their schools.
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In total, the Biden administration has approved $2 billion in loan forgiveness for students allegedly defrauded by their schools.
This is the fourth finding against Carmel-based ITT Tech that has led to the approval of debt relief claims by the department. All told, the evidence has resulted in about $660 million in discharges for roughly 23,000 students.
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University — the first time the Education Department has approved such claims for an institution that’s still in operation.
The Department of Education announced this week that it will cancel $415 million in federal student loans by nearly 16,000 borrowers who were misled by for-profit colleges.
About 1,800 former DeVry students will get their loans cleared after the department concluded that the school lied about the success of its graduates.