Marina Villeneuve, Associated PressNews RoundupStudent Loan Servicer Navient Fights Back as States Eye ProtectionsAUGUSTA, Maine — The nation’s largest servicer of federal student loans has lobbied against states’ efforts to license student loan servicers in Maine and elsewhere this year as it seeks to become the nation’s single servicer of student loans under a plan backed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. State records reviewed by The Associated […]June 21, 2017StudentsReport: Students at For-profit Schools in Maine Carry Heavier DebtAUGUSTA, Maine — A new report finds students at for-profit colleges in Maine carry much heavier debt loads than those at public and private nonprofit colleges in the state. The non-partisan Center for Responsible Lending says the debt burden falls on low-income, female and minority students who disproportionately enroll at Maine for-profit schools. About 75 […]April 20, 2017Students$5M Lawsuit Lodged Against For-profit Nursing SchoolPORTLAND, Maine — Aspiring registered nurse Stephanie Kourembanas says she first heard of for-profit InterCoast Career Institute through a friend, and liked the nursing program’s rolling admissions policy and its apparent accreditation. But colleges she’s applied to won’t accept her credits, she says in a recently filed federal lawsuit, because the licensed practical nursing program […]January 25, 2017Page 1 of 1