Miller Claims Inadequate Oversight From The Department, Calls For Emergency Reforms To End Preferred Lender Lists

Abstract

“The Department of Education has been delinquent in its oversight responsibilities over the student loan industry,” said Representative George Miller, Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee in a letter to Secretary Margaret Spellings yesterday. Miller also called on Secretary Margaret Spellings to take immediate and “emergency action to reform the nation’s student loan programs to ensure they are operating in the best interests of college students and families.”

Originally published in NASFAA’s Today’s News on 4/19/07.