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Oct. 28, 2024
Durbin Joins Warren, Whitehouse, Warnock To Push DOJ, ED For Expanded Outreach On Discharging Student Loan Debt In Bankruptcy
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2024
Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 18, 2024
Durbin Speaks With USCIS Director Jaddou Following Senator's Letter Calling On USCIS To Process DACA Renewal Applications After Reports Of Delay
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 18, 2024
Durbin Announces $750,000 for National Louis University School of Nursing
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 6, 2024
Durbin, Duckworth Talk Accessibility Of Higher ED, Job Training Programs With Illinois Higher Education Leaders
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2024
Durbin Introduces Bill To Create Interagency Committee To Improve Oversight Over For-Profit College Industry
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2023
Durbin Reintroduces Bill To Create Student Loan Borrower Bill Of Rights
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2023
Durbin, Waters Introduce CLASS Act To Give Student Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 16, 2023
Durbin Releases Statement for the Record for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 29, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2023
Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's New Gainful Employment Rule
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 22, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2023
Durbin, Warren, Blumenthal Warn University Of Idaho On The Dangers Of Purchasing Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2023
Durbin Applauds Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2023
Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 18, 2023
Durbin Attends Illinois State University's Nursing School Campus Ribbon Cutting
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2023
Durbin, Colleagues Urge Department Of Education To Address Student Loan Debt Barriers For Incarcerated Individuals
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2023
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Striking Down Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan In Overreaching Decision
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2023
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Rejecting Affirmative Action In College Admissions
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 8, 2023
Durbin Joins Schatz, Pocan To Reintroduce Legislation To End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023
Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Overturn President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Joins NAFSA Annual Conference To Talk About Study Abroad Programs And Immigration
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 3, 2023
Durbin Leads Colleagues In Penning Letter To Departments Of Education, Defense, And Veterans Affairs Warning Against Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
Sen. Dick Durbin
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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Politician
Oct. 28, 2024
Durbin Joins Warren, Whitehouse, Warnock To Push DOJ, ED For Expanded Outreach On Discharging Student Loan Debt In Bankruptcy
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2024
Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 18, 2024
Durbin Speaks With USCIS Director Jaddou Following Senator's Letter Calling On USCIS To Process DACA Renewal Applications After Reports Of Delay
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 18, 2024
Durbin Announces $750,000 for National Louis University School of Nursing
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 6, 2024
Durbin, Duckworth Talk Accessibility Of Higher ED, Job Training Programs With Illinois Higher Education Leaders
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2024
Durbin Introduces Bill To Create Interagency Committee To Improve Oversight Over For-Profit College Industry
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2023
Durbin Reintroduces Bill To Create Student Loan Borrower Bill Of Rights
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2023
Durbin, Waters Introduce CLASS Act To Give Student Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 16, 2023
Durbin Releases Statement for the Record for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 29, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 29, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 28, 2023
Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's New Gainful Employment Rule
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 22, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 22, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 11, 2023
Durbin, Warren, Blumenthal Warn University Of Idaho On The Dangers Of Purchasing Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2023
Durbin Applauds Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2023
Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 18, 2023
Durbin Attends Illinois State University's Nursing School Campus Ribbon Cutting
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2023
Durbin, Colleagues Urge Department Of Education To Address Student Loan Debt Barriers For Incarcerated Individuals
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2023
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Striking Down Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan In Overreaching Decision
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2023
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Rejecting Affirmative Action In College Admissions
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 8, 2023
Durbin Joins Schatz, Pocan To Reintroduce Legislation To End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023
Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Overturn President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Joins NAFSA Annual Conference To Talk About Study Abroad Programs And Immigration
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 3, 2023
Durbin Leads Colleagues In Penning Letter To Departments Of Education, Defense, And Veterans Affairs Warning Against Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
Sen.Dick Durbin
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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