Sentences with phrase «education have no financial interest»

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I too would be interested in hearing about financial education nonprofits that advance the goals of financial health awareness.

At a meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, held at the Treasury building in Washington, Perez noted that while «lawsuits have been filed» against the conflict of interest rule, «we will continue to fight those vigorously,» adding that he believes DOL is «on the right side of the law and history.»

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevaFinancial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevafinancial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

After all, his previous Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, had a personal financial stake in Achievement First Charter School Corporation while pushing cities around our state to authorize Achievement First schools, thereby presenting a clear conflict of interest.

Financial literacy is a subject that I have a deep passion for and strongly believe that educating students and their families about the importance of managing money, how loans and interest rates work, and available options to pay for post-secondary education will lead to increased educational equity and opportunities for our students.

At 1:00 p.m. today the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board will hold a meeting in which they will approve a staff recommendation that although Commissioner Pryor helped create Achievement First and served as one of its Directors until he recently resigned to take the Education Commissioner's position, he does not have a conflict of interest under state law because he does not have a financial relationship with Achievement First.

While Vallas has publicly claimed that he has no financial interest in any of Solomon's consulting activities, in Vallas» Philadelphia days Solomon's consulting company advertised that it had «the exclusive rights to Paul Vallas» model of education reform.»

One of GCI's findings indicates that 77 percent of charter schools engage in questionable financial practices; most would agree that Arizona does not have sufficient funds for public education to risk having money used for expenses that are not in the financial interests of public school students.

Department of Education regulations required that the scorers not only have no financial interest in the outcome of their decisions, but not even an appearance of a conflict, both in terms of money and potential bias.

The green light came despite the Education and Skills Funding Agency issuing the trust with a financial notice to improve in February 2015, on the grounds family members had been employed improperly and conflicts of interest weren't declared.

Earlier this month, an article written on MarketWatch discussed the idea of the government using the money saved from eliminating the student loan interest deduction on financial aid programs that would bring down the cost of education, such as grants.

After you have proven that you need financial assistance in paying for your tuition, the U.S. Department of Education will pay the interest on your Direct Subsidized Loans while you are enrolled in school, as long as you are attending at least half - time.

When we issued our first loans in March of 2012, it was hard not to be intimidated by the mountain of work we knew it'd take to build a company that within four years would issue over 3 million loans, see customers take a million of our financial education courses, and be able to save borrowers $ 55 million in 2016 versus what they'd likely pay in interest at other short - term lenders [1].

Subsidized loans, available to students who have a demonstrated financial need, generally have more favorable terms because, currently, the U.S. Department of Education pays the interest on the loan while the student is in school and for the first six months after.

She had a strong early interest in art, but opted for the financial security of teaching, and in the 1940's moved to New York to study art education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

The law school would win by building a reputation for great results in those marquee areas of education, thus attracting better students, the interest of employers, and hopefully a long - term relationship with alumni willing to make financial contributions.

A financial incentive based on liability may spurn change in governmental priorities where public interest and education campaigns have failed.

This means that the owner must have a financial interest in the insured person living, such as a parent who invests in a child's education, or a spouse who may depend in part on the income of the insured.

If you're interested in a career as a medical assistant but don't think you can afford to pay for the education, contact the financial aid department of the school you would like to attend.