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April 28, 2023 Durbin, Hirono, Wyden, Whitehouse, Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen. Dick Durbin
April 21, 2023 Durbin Warns Illinois Education Professionals To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023 Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse Introduce Legislation To Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable Sen. Dick Durbin
March 21, 2023 Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees Sen. Dick Durbin
March 21, 2023 Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cassidy, Foxx, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Revoke their Reckless Student Loan Scheme Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Feb. 10, 2023 Durbin, Sanders, Murphy, Smith Urge Department Of Education To Inform Potential Students Of Low-Financial Value Postsecondary Programs Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Tweet - "With the high costs of tuition, many students can't afford to purchase the expensive textbooks required for classes. Increased funding for the Open Textbook Program will provide relief for many students. Proud to have secured $12M for this program in the government funding bill." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "Justice Jackson is right: Why should some families ("legacies") and backgrounds be honored at universities and not others? Affirmative action has helped generations of well-qualified students access higher education--and helps our workforce reflect the diversity of America itself." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel" Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Roy leads fight to investigate universities' and Big Tech's "unconstitutional diversity quotas' for graduate fellowships Rep. Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2022 Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto Calls on Admin to Speed Loan Forgiveness Program Changes for Military Service Members Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen. Dick Durbin
July 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "Today I visited @WesternILUniv to announce $2M in federal funding I secured for an emergency operations facility and $200K to support WIU's ongoing work to help keep grocery stores open in rural areas." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Settlement In Sweet V. Cardona Sen. Dick Durbin
June 9, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2016, I've been urging @usedgov to discharge the federal student loans of Illinoisans who were scammed out of a decent education by the predatory, for-profit Westwood College. Today, I urged @SecCardona again to finally erase the student debt of 3,600 deserving Illinoisans." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2022 Letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lankford, Bicameral Members Want Immediate Check On Claims Of Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor - Davidson Calls on Ed & Labor Committee to Reevaluate Student Loan Program Rep. Mary Miller, ...
April 27, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, and Hon. Tom Cole, Ranking Member Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee - Neguse Leads Letter Urging Investments in Textbook Affordability Program Rep. Sean Casten, ...
April 22, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Asking Department of Education for its Plans to Provide a "Fresh Start" to Student Loan Borrowers in Default Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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April 28, 2023 Durbin, Hirono, Wyden, Whitehouse, Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen.Dick Durbin
April 21, 2023 Durbin Warns Illinois Education Professionals To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023 Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse Introduce Legislation To Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable Sen.Dick Durbin
March 21, 2023 Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees Sen.Dick Durbin
March 21, 2023 Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cassidy, Foxx, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Revoke their Reckless Student Loan Scheme Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Feb. 10, 2023 Durbin, Sanders, Murphy, Smith Urge Department Of Education To Inform Potential Students Of Low-Financial Value Postsecondary Programs Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Tweet - "With the high costs of tuition, many students can't afford to purchase the expensive textbooks required for classes. Increased funding for the Open Textbook Program will provide relief for many students. Proud to have secured $12M for this program in the government funding bill." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "Justice Jackson is right: Why should some families ("legacies") and backgrounds be honored at universities and not others? Affirmative action has helped generations of well-qualified students access higher education--and helps our workforce reflect the diversity of America itself." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel" Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Roy leads fight to investigate universities' and Big Tech's "unconstitutional diversity quotas' for graduate fellowships Rep.Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2022 Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto Calls on Admin to Speed Loan Forgiveness Program Changes for Military Service Members Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen.Dick Durbin
July 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "Today I visited @WesternILUniv to announce $2M in federal funding I secured for an emergency operations facility and $200K to support WIU's ongoing work to help keep grocery stores open in rural areas." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Settlement In Sweet V. Cardona Sen.Dick Durbin
June 9, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2016, I've been urging @usedgov to discharge the federal student loans of Illinoisans who were scammed out of a decent education by the predatory, for-profit Westwood College. Today, I urged @SecCardona again to finally erase the student debt of 3,600 deserving Illinoisans." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2022 Letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lankford, Bicameral Members Want Immediate Check On Claims Of Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor - Davidson Calls on Ed & Labor Committee to Reevaluate Student Loan Program Rep.Mary Miller, ...
April 27, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, and Hon. Tom Cole, Ranking Member Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee - Neguse Leads Letter Urging Investments in Textbook Affordability Program Rep.Sean Casten, ...
April 22, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Asking Department of Education for its Plans to Provide a "Fresh Start" to Student Loan Borrowers in Default Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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