Education Dept. Is Sued Over Debt Collection From Former Corinthian Students

September 30, 2016
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A former student of the defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. is suing the U.S. Education Department to ”halt the certification of all Corinthian-related debts,” as a U.S. senator wrote to the department asking why it was collecting such debts.

Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, sent a letter to the department on Thursday, arguing that it was collecting on loans owed by former students of the for-profit educator despite having promised to forgive those debts.

Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/education-dept-is-sued-over-debt-collection-from-former-corinthian-students/114797