By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Months after vowing to process a backlog of 160,000 requests for loan forgiveness from students who say they were defrauded by their schools, the U.S. Education Department has rejected 94% of claims it has reviewed, according to a federal judge who is demanding justification for the 'blistering pace' of denials. In a biting decision issued Monday in California, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the department has been denying claims using template letters that are 'alarmingly curt.' Alsup threatened to suspend the agency from rejecting further requests, saying its approach 'hangs borrowers out to […]

The post Judge slams DeVos for rejecting 94% of loan relief claims appeared first on Black News Channel.