Dive Brief:
- A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the U.S. Department of Education’s latest request to delay its deadline for deciding tens of thousands of borrower defense cases.
- In 2022, the Education Department agreed to a settlement in a long-running class-action case brought by students seeking decisions on their borrower defense applications, which can provide debt relief for students misled by their institutions. The agency agreed to provide either timely decisions on those claims or automatic relief.
- Under the Trump administration, Education Department officials have been pushing for an 18-month delay to complete all decisions for a tranche of more than…