In recent months, leading Members of Congress, state attorneys general, and non-profit groups have called on the Department of Education to stop colleges that receive federal student aid from forcing students to resolve disputes with their schools in secret arbitration proceedings. (I’ve been active in this advocacy effort.) After decades of neglecting this issue, the Department of Education appears ready to take steps to protect the right of students to bring their grievances to court.
But the Department has wavered between approaches: fully banning mandatory arbitration clauses or, instead, issuing only a limited ban.
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