Political Quotes

“Shaun is one of nearly 6,000 borrowers from North Carolina who have applied to the Department for a borrower defense discharge. He attended the Art Institute of Charlotte and thought it was his path to having a successful future. He was told by recruiters that the school would prepare him for a job in video game designing and that those at the school would connect him with people who would help him land that job. That is a pretty serious promise to a young person, isn't it? He said they kept pushing him to take on more and more courses and more and more debt. Eventually, he had so much debt that he felt there was no other option than to finish the degree. He had to go all in with this school, the Art Institute of Charlotte. He writes: ``[As] a young black man, the last thing I wanted to do was become just another statistic by dropping out [of school].'' Shaun owes nearly $100,000 in student loan debt today for a degree that did not prepare him for a job in the very industry he was promised. When he asked the Art Institute of Charlotte about career opportunities, do you know where they sent him? Craigslist. As of today, Shaun's work is in writing on-hold telephone messages for a marketing company, and he attends one class at a time at his community college at which none--not one--of his Art Institute credits can be transferred. He has asked the Senate to overturn the DeVos rule. He knows the struggles defrauded student borrowers go through.…”