Michelle Poitier Shares Her Personal Story Being Scammed by a Predatory College, Warns Veterans at Risk from Continuing Abuses of Predatory Practices of Sham Schools That Prey on Student Veterans – Waste Their GI Bill Benefits + Saddle Them with Debt
Michelle Poitier, a 2020 Florida Veterans ‘ Hall of Fame inductee from Jacksonville, Florida, will testify during a public hearing about how she was misled by a predatory for-profit college, University of Phoenix, and saddled with almost $30,000 in student loan debt without her knowledge. She is testifying as part of the Department of Education public hearings on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and Income-Driven repayment programs.
Poitier’s degree was ultimately worthless, and her loans were only forgiven after intervention from the U.S. Department of Education through the Total and Permanent Disability Discharge program. Today, the very Department staff who reviewed her case and secured that loan relief are being laid off as part of the Department’s dismantling…