Brief on Department of Education's Borrower Defense Rule

The Institute for Policy Integrity contends that the Department of Education, under Secretary Betsy DeVos, acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner by delaying the 2016 Borrower Defense Rule three times. The brief asserts that the Department ignored the harms these delays caused to student borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit educational institutions, while focusing only on the financial savings for the federal government and the institutions themselves.

• The Department of Education delayed the implementation of the 2016 Borrower Defense Rule, which was intended to allow students defrauded by for-profit educational institutions to discharge federal student loans, on three separate occasions.
• The delays are characterized as arbitrary and capricious because the Department of Education prioritized the economic savings for the federal government and educational institutions over the harms imposed on student borrowers.

APA

Condon, R. L. R. J. L. B. A. D. N. M. (2018). Brief on Department of Education's Borrower Defense Rule. Institute for Policy Integrity. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/brief-on-department-of-educations-borrower-defense-rule1

Chicago

Condon, Richard L. Revesz, Jack Lienke, Bethany A. Davis Noll, Madison. Brief on Department of Education's Borrower Defense Rule. Institute for Policy Integrity, 2018. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/brief-on-department-of-educations-borrower-defense-rule1.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{condon2018brief, author = {Condon, Richard L. Revesz, Jack Lienke, Bethany A. Davis Noll, Madison}, title = {{Brief on Department of Education's Borrower Defense Rule}}, institution = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2018}, month = may, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/brief-on-department-of-educations-borrower-defense-rule1}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }