WASHINGTON (WGEM) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is calling on the Biden administration to help out students who have been defrauded by for-profit colleges before President Joe Biden leaves office Jan. 20, 2025.
Durbin led a letter with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona asking him to ensure the department forgives student debt that people took out to pay for what Durbin calls “predatory schools.”
Durbin said the department needs to follow through on the promise it made in 2022 to 1.2 million borrowers who attended schools that engaged in documented fraud and misconduct. This includes students who attended Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute,…