Inside Higher Ed Few Solutions for Defrauded Borrowers Student advocates say Education Department’s slow processing of borrower-defense claims and blocking of ban on mandatory arbitration put defrauded borrowers in a bind. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 26, 2017 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos As the U.S. Department of Education readies for an arduous […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Landmark Law on Higher Education Should Be Scrapped, DeVos Suggests By Adam Harris JUNE 21, 2017 For the second time in as many months, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has suggested that it’s time to scrap the legislation that governs federal higher-education policy and to start […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education When the U.S. Education Department proposes a rule, one reaction is guaranteed across the political spectrum: dread at the prospect of more negotiated rule-making. That’s when about 30 people, each with distinct and often opposing views, will crowd around a rectangular table in a departmental […]
Inside Higher Ed Year-Round Pell Grants Available July 1 By Andrew Kreighbaum June 20, 2017 Summer Pell Grants will be available to students beginning July 1, the Department of Education announced Monday. “This decision is about empowering students and giving them the flexibility and support needed to achieve their goals,” said Education […]
UPI DeVos suspends rules on student borrower protection By Andrew V. Pestano | June 15, 2017 at 10:11 AM June 15 (UPI) — The Department of Education has paused two rules created by former President Barack Obama‘s administration to protect student borrowers and impose requirements on for-profit colleges. “The department […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education What DeVos’s ‘Reset’ on 2 Major Consumer Rules Means for Colleges By Adam Harris JUNE 14, 2017 Chronicle photo by Julia Schmalz Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Wednesday that the Education Department will renegotiate the gainful-employment and borrower “defense to repayment” rules, two […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education DeVos Will Roll Back 2 Obama Regulations, a Blow to Consumer Advocates By Adam Harris JUNE 14, 2017 Chronicle photo by Julia Schmalz Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education: “Fraud, especially fraud committed by a school, is simply unacceptable. Unfortunately, last year’s rule-making effort […]
Inside Higher Ed Reset of Rules Aimed at For-Profits Begins Trump administration to announce plans to suspend borrower defense and renegotiate gainful employment, two Obama administration rules aimed at reining in for-profit colleges. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 14, 2017 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday will […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education June 12, 2017 by Adam Harris Lawmakers and Trade Group Criticize Education Dept. Move to Single Loan Servicer A bicameral group of federal legislators on Tuesday sent a letter to Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, criticizing recent changes in how the Education Department chooses an […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Adam Harris JUNE 08, 2017 The Education Department recently gave the clearest indication to date that it may roll back, or at least alter, the hotly contested gainful-employment regulation. The rule, an initiative of the Obama administration, was billed as a way to better […]