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Senators Ask Dept. Of Education To Discharge Student Loans For Everest, WyoTech, Heald Students

Senators Ask Dept. Of Education To Discharge Student Loans For Everest, WyoTech, Heald Students

While Corinthian Colleges — the failing for-profit educator behind schools like Everest University, WyoTech, and Heald College — sorts out new owners for most of its properties, several thousand of the schools’ students are left in limbo, unsure of who is responsible for their education — and unsure if that pricey education is worth the huge loans they’ve taken out to pay for it. Yesterday, a group of a dozen U.S. Senators asked the Dept. of Education to consider giving these students a way out of their federal student loans. [More]