Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum June 1, 2017 Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has created what she called a new effort to oversee Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her department. In announcing the website, called DeVos Watch, Warren cited the proposed White House budget that included major cuts to […]
Duane Morris May 30, 2017 On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) filed a lawsuit in federal court in D.C. against the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos challenging the validity of the borrower defense to repayment regulation. (Note: Duane Morris serves […]
Consumerist May 18, 20174:30 pm EDT By Ashlee Kieler@akieler Thousands of former students at bankrupt for-profit schools run by ITT, Corinthian Colleges, and others are still on the hook for millions of dollars in student loans, even though the Department of Education approved their claims for a refund. Now, lawmakers […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Goldie Blumenstyk MAY 08, 2017 WASHINGTON Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’ Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and font-size errors. Now, Ms. DeVos has […]
NBC News by Mary Emily O’Hara President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at decreasing the role of the federal government in education while giving states and local school districts more power over decision-making. Trump called the called order, which directs Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to study […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Adam Harris April 13, 2017 Olivier Douliery-Pool, Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said this week that she was withdrawing three Obama-era memos focused on student-loan servicing and consumer protections. That move is the latest in a string of bad signs for borrowers, some […]
Education Week By Alyson Klein on April 12, 2017 4:45 PM By Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced a slate of hires for key positions in the department. Many of these folks have been working in the Education Department since the beginning of […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education April 11, 2017 by Adam Harris Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday withdrew three memos, issued during President Barack Obama’s administration, that had been focused on streamlining the student-loan-servicing industry and improving customer service for borrowers. Ms. DeVos described the move in a letter to James W. […]
Inside Higher Ed Year-Round Pell’s Likely Return Congressional Republicans and the Trump White House appear poised to bring back year-round Pell Grant eligibility, which the Obama administration and Congress nixed in 2012 over cost concerns. By Paul Fain April 6, 2017 Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Senator Lamar […]
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