LISLE, Ill. – Jan. 23, 2025 – The Department of Education recently announced its approval of additional individual borrower defense applications under its Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) scheme. These approvals were based upon findings announced in February 2022 relating to DeVry's past advertising of graduate outcomes. These student claims relate to advertising from over a decade ago under prior ownership.
Today, DeVry is an independent institution with a new Board and leadership established more than six years ago. Nonetheless, our position has always been and remains simple: any allegation that DeVry misled students at any time is unsubstantiated and wrong. We strongly believe the Department has mischaracterized DeVry’s calculations and disclosure of graduate outcomes in past advertising.
DeVry supports sensible safeguards to protect students and taxpayers alike. Unfortunately, the current framework—which encourages allegations of fraud and misrepresentation to achieve widespread loan forgiveness without robust due process or fact-finding—does not meet those standards. As a result, DeVry has challenged the legality of the Department’s actions and unlawful BDR scheme through an action pending in Federal Court. We encourage you to review related legal filings in the Northern District of Illinois (DeVry University, Inc. v. United States Department of Education et al.) for further details. Also, you can find more information surrounding this legal challenge in our prior public statement accessible here.
Further, we are optimistic that the U.S. Supreme Court's pending review the constitutionality of the Department’s BDR scheme in CCST v. U.S. Department of Education will provide much-needed clarity for all stakeholders.
Nothing about the recent announcement diminishes our commitment to our students, colleagues, and communities or our 90-year track record in fulfilling this worthy mission.
