In June of last year in a judgment against Secretary DeVos that prevented the Department from collecting on certain Corinthian College students, the ruling stated, and I quote: Nothing in this order, nothing in this order prohibits the…
Ayanna Pressley
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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.
As a result of loopholes, these schools have lined their pockets with 100 percent of Federal taxpayer dollars, while consistently failing to meet quality benchmarks and demonstrating a pattern of breaking state and Federal laws.
The FOIA documents show that Corinthian's marketing and advertising plan was tailored to low-income people and single mothers of color specifically.
The Project on Predatory Lending at Harvard reports that up to 14,000 students from ITT, the for-profit chain which collapsed in 2016, are still awaiting their claims to be processed.
It is unconscionable that we have been delayed in processing over 158,000 borrower defense claims of defrauded and deceived students.
I am proud that my home state of Massachusetts, thanks to the tireless work both, respectively, of Attorney General Martha Coakley, initially who was my partner in this effort, and now my dear friend and partner in this effort, Attorney…
it's even more appalling when you consider that Secretary DeVos, a person Forbes referred to as a, quote/unquote, 'the Queen of debt'--what an awful moniker--has been slow or unwilling to provide debt relief to those who took out these…
These schools have lined their pockets with 100 percent of Federal taxpayer dollars, while consistently failing to meet quality benchmarks.
This puts many people, including women and people of color and young people, at grave risk of harm.





