IMPACT: Official calls mishandling of sexual assault cases 'staggering'

By Sarah Favot

Official blames colleges for 'misplaced sense of values and priorities'

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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"… et to market their products with a school’s logo and colors, Asher said. Department of Education 2007-08 survey data analyzed by her organization shows about two-thirds of …"

"… 75 percent and 95 percent of a college’s loan volume, according to 2007 Department of Education data analyzed by Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of FinAid.org, a stud …"

After a disabled borrower’s six-year ordeal, bureaucracy finally forgives student loan

By Sasha Chavkin

After six years battling Education Department, the government finally has forgiven Tina Brooks.
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Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

By Ariel Wittenberg

Students who defaulted on a college loan have one less tool to help them negotiate with collections agencies now that the U.S. Education Dep

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"… ut for it, and all sorts of things like that,” she said, adding that the Department of Education tried to convince her not to publish information from the manual. After pu …"

Obama cabinet officials visit swing districts in final weeks before Nov. 2 election

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Earlier this month in Orlando, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled a $1.56 million grant to install energy-effici

Advice on the 'bailout bonanza' from a controversial pitchman

By Nick Schwellenbach and Aaron Mehta

Meet Fred Steinberg. He “will personally outline what you must know for your company to prosper under the ‘new capitalism’ emerging from Wa
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Lax enforcement of Title IX in campus sexual assault cases

By Kristin Jones

Feeble watchdog leaves students at risk, critics say

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"… sfied with the school’s response, Dunn hoped to find an ally in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The office, referred to as OCR, enforces  …"

"… leged assault victims. A Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Department of Education yielded at least 24 fully resolved investigations between 1998 and 2008 in …"

"… ng by professors, and grade discrimination, as well as sexual assault. The Department of Education provided findings only for cases in which investigations and any follow-up …"

"… al violence an “epidemic” in the nation’s schools, Ali said that the Department of Education would partner with other agencies to address it.OCR is also working with i …"

Education Department touts settlement as ‘model’ for campus sex assault policies

By Kristen Lombardi

The U.S. Department of Education says two recent settlements will serve as a new model for how colleges, universities, and the department de

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"… similar actions against three more universities in the next year. …"

Center collaboration with NPR wins Peabody Award

A Center for Public Integrity collaboration with NPR was recognized with a Peabody award for NPR

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"… licy, inspiring congressional action on Capitol Hill, and leading the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen its oversight of how colleges and universities handle campus …"

Center files FOIA suit against Education Department

By Peter Newbatt Smith

On President Obama’s first full day in office, a White House news release announced that the president was “instruct[ing] all members of his

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"… ot yet feeling the love.On Thursday the Center filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, which has repeatedly refused to recognize the Center as a member of the n …"

"… es will be released later this fall. In response to the first request, the Department of Education classified us as “a commercial requester based on a review of [the Cente …"

"… icial news media status.The Center’s lawsuit asks the court to order the Department of Education to classify the Center as a representative of the news media. The Departme …"

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