U.S. Considers Partial Relief for Defrauded Student Borrowers

Clare McCann was quoted in Inside Higher Ed on the Department of Education offering partial relief to students who filed borrower-defense claims:

While the scenarios it imagined were fairly straightforward, partial relief would have been entirely permissible under the regulation, said Clare McCann, the deputy director for federal higher education policy at New America and a former Obama official who worked on the rule.

"Many who applied for borrower defense likely do deserve full relief," McCann said. "It's also reasonable to say some of the people got value out of their education and, therefore, the amount of relief [the department is] going to provide is not going to be the same as for someone who got a totally valueless education."