Failing U, the landmark report published by the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law's Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI), evaluated to what extent each state's laws protect our veterans and other student consumers from unfair and predatory practices by for-profit postsecondary institutions.
Following up on that effort, CAI, the Consumer Protection Policy Center, and the Veterans Legal Clinic invite policymakers, prosecutors, and consumer advocates to participate in a series of free webinars presented by leading experts who will share information and strategies to protect college student consumers from unfair practices and predatory institutions.
Watch Past Webinars
Webinars
October 8, 2020
The Consumer Protection Needs of Veteran and Service Member Students
Presenter: Carrie Wofford, President, Veteran’s Education Success
November 18, 2020
The Nov. 2020 Election Outcomes: Where Do Student Advocates Go From Here?
Presenters: David Bender, Veteran Political Consultant and Political Director of The Progressive Voices Network and Ed Howard, Senior Counsel, Senior Policy Advocate for the Children's Advocacy Institute
December 16, 2020
Model State Programs: How Can States Enact Laws to Adequately Protect Students?
Presenters: Dariya Brown, Student Rights Program Manager, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, Angela Perry, Senior Policy Analyst, The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), Ramond Curtis, State Policy Manager, Veterans Education Success
Watch (there is a short period missing from the video, we apologize for technological difficulties at the start of the meeting)
February 10, 2021
How Advocates Can Work with the Media to Effect Change and Protect Postsecondary Students
Panelists: David Halperin, Republic Report [Moderator]; Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post; Sam Gilford, Director of Student Affairs, Student Defense; Kate Manning Kennedy, Senior Advisor, Project on Predatory Student Lending, WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School; Erica L. Green, New York Times.
February 24, 2021
NC-SARA: What advocates need to know to protect student consumers
Panelists: Robyn Smith, Of Counsel for the National Consumer Law Center; Carolyn Fast, Bureau of Consumer Frauds & Protection, Office of the New York State Attorney General; Yan Cao, Fellow, The Century Foundation
March 10, 2021
Litigation as a Tool to Protect Postsecondary Students
Panelists: Nicklas Akers, Senior Assistant Attorney General - Consumer Protection @California Department of Justice; Victoria Roytenberg, Attorney, Project on Predatory Student Lending @WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School; Robert Muth, Faculty Director, Legal Clinics; Professor of Law; Managing Attorney, Veterans Legal Clinic @University of San Diego School of Law
April 14th, 2021Protecting Students from Innovations in Predatory Lending
Panelists: Winston Birkman-Breen, Student Loan Advocate & Director of Consumer Advocacy @Department of Financial Services, New York; Seth Frotman, Executive Director, @Student Borrow Protection Center; Joe Villaseñor, Professor of Practice, @University of San Diego School of Law
December 15, 2021
What advocates and students should know about the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
Speakers: Debbie Cochrane, Bureau Chief, California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education; April Oakley, Manager, Office of Student Assistance and Relief, Department of Consumer Affairs; Leigh Ferrin, Director of Litigation & Pro Bono, Public Law Center
January 26, 2022
Nonprofit or For-Profit? What education advocates need to know about fake conversions
Speakers: Robert Shireman, Director of Higher Education Excellence and Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
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