Borrowers may be eligible for forgiveness of the federal student loans used to attend a school if that school misled them or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain laws. 
This type of loan forgiveness is called borrower defense to repayment, sometimes abbreviated to borrower defense. Learn more in the sections below to see whether you may qualify. 

Borrower Defense Application 
who attended Corinthian Colleges Everest, Heald, and WyoTech with a first date of attendance between July 1 , 2010, and Sept. 30 , 2014, and are seeking federal student loan forgiveness through borrower defense Borrowers will complete a Corinthian - specific application. For more information about forgiveness of federal student loan used to attend Corinthian Colleges , go to the Information about Debt Relief for Corinthian Colleges Students page. All other borrowers applying for borrower defense MUST submit their application using one of the U.S. Department of Education ED borrower defense application forms provided in the sections below. Please read the instructions provided within the application before filling out the application form. Please note that the instructions also include information for parent PLUS borrowers. To apply for federal student loan forgiveness based on borrower defense , complete an online application form. Within the online application form , you will be required to provide your signature digitally. It is helpful to include additional documentation as part of your application by uploading additional electronic documents for example, scanned PDF documents. ED recommends you prepare the additional documentation prior to starting the application process. If you choose to submit additional documents as part of your borrower defense application , the following types of documents are among those that may be helpful to your application : to confirm the school for which you are applying for borrower defense, your program of study, and your dates of enrollment

user: Could you give me more information regarding debt forgiveness of federal student loans as a result of a school misleading a student or being engaged in misconduct?

assistant: The type of debt forgiveness that you are speaking of is called borrower defense to repayment, which is also shortened to borrower defense. We have more sections on the website dedicated to this particular subject

user: Have you a section on your website dedicated to common questions and answers surrounding forbearance/stopped collections status?

assistant: When you apply for borrower defense, all the federal student loans you have are placed into forbearance. Any debt collections that you have on any federal student loans in default are also stopped, pending a full review. Interest does continue to accrue however on your federal student loans

assistant: What happens in relation to forbearance/stopped collections of my application for borrower defense is denied or partially denied?

user: Yes, I have just found out the result of my application

assistant: In this instance, the interest that accumulated on your loans is added to the outstanding balance of your loans when you entered forbearance/stopped collections. This does mean that the amount you pay in the future could be higher than you initially thought

user: What happens in the situation that I filed an application for borrower defense outside of the applicable limitation period, or indeed, if my loan payments re less than the amount owed after my discharge is applied?

assistant: In this case, you will not be eligible for a refund of payments, as you loan servicer will not apply any previous payments made on the discharged loan or return any made payments to you

user: What does it mean to be granted a partial discharge on my federal student loan?

assistant: Any amount of your loan that is not discharged will need to be repaid by you, including any interest that has accrued. Any forbearance or stopped collections that you may have had on other borrowings will finish once you have been granted a partial discharge