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Obama’s Student-Loan Fiasco | Wall Street Journal

Obama’s Student-Loan Fiasco | Wall Street Journal

WSJ Obama Std Loan – A20 Monday, January 23, 2017 OPINION REVIEW & OUTLOOK Obama’s Student-Loan Fiasco President Trump has promised to re-store trust and accountability in government. How about auditing the Education Department? During its final days the Obama Ad-ministration slipped the news that its College Scorecard re-payment rates […]

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State law-enforcement officials look to take on embattled college watchdog

State law-enforcement officials look to take on embattled college watchdog

MarketWatch Published: Jan 24, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET If the Department of Education’s decision isn’t upheld, they argue, their constituents could be at risk of exposure to predatory institutions Getty ImagesMassachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey speaks as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman looks on. The two are part of […]

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HELP Committee won’t hold second hearing for DeVos | TheHill

HELP Committee won’t hold second hearing for DeVos | TheHill

The Hill © Victoria Sarno Jordan The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions won’t hold a second hearing on Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s nominee for Education secretary. “The committee will not be holding a second hearing on the Education Secretary nominee,” an aide to committee Chairman Lamar Alexander […]

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Vote on DeVos Nomination Pushed Back a Week

Vote on DeVos Nomination Pushed Back a Week

Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum January 23, 2017 The Senate education committee has pushed back a vote on the nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary to give senators time to review a letter of agreement from the Office of Government Ethics. The vote by the Health, Education, Labor […]

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Obama administration spent billions to fix failing schools, and it didn’t work – The Washington Post

Obama administration spent billions to fix failing schools, and it didn’t work – The Washington Post

The Washington Post Then-Education Secretary Arne Duncan and President Obama in 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) By Emma Brown January 19 One of the Obama administration’s signature efforts in education, which pumped billions of federal dollars into overhauling the nation’s worst schools, failed to produce meaningful results, according to a federal […]

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Education Department announces thousands of new loan discharges

Education Department announces thousands of new loan discharges

Inside Higher Ed Education Department action helps those who attended Corinthian, as well as ITT Technical Institute and American Career Institute. By Andrew Kreighbaum January 16, 2017 Ted Mitchell The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced thousands of new loan discharges for students who attended several closed for-profit colleges. […]

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