The Chronicle of Higher Education By Andy Thomason After Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, observers predicted that Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, would face fresh scrutiny. DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist, has hired officials with ties to for-profit education, and critics have long alleged that those ties […]
Inside Higher Ed The Education Department said Thursday that it would carry out part of the Obama administration’s 2016 borrower-defense rule, automatically canceling the student loan debt of 15,000 borrowers whose colleges closed between November 2013 and December 2018. The department will cancel about $150 million in student loan debt over all, including […]
NewsMax If there is one thing Americans agree upon today is that public higher education in the U.S. is a mess. A is the most popular grade today and the C is considered an “endangered species.” The good news is that the Trump administration is working to make things better. U.S. Secretary […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: With a newly won majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats have their sights set on challenging U.S. Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos on her rollback of several Obama-era policies and guidance, Politico reported. DeVos faces opposition from several corners, including the House education, financial services and […]
Chronicle of Higher Education By Sarah Brown and Katherine Mangan Updated (11/16/2018, 4:40 p.m.) with additional reaction to and comment on the proposed regulations. Students accused of sexual misconduct would gain greater protections and colleges investigating complaints could face reduced liability under sweeping new regulations proposed on Friday by the […]
CNN New York (CNN Politics) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was hit with another lawsuit Tuesday claiming she failed to cancel student debt owed by people whose for-profit colleges have been shut down. The new lawsuit comes a month after a federal judge ruled that the regulation should immediately go into effect, after […]
Military Times by Diane Auer Jones Student veterans are proving that they are at the top of the class on campus. According to Student Veterans of America’s National Veteran Education Success Tracker, student veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill are more likely to graduate, to have a higher GPA, and to […]
CooleyED. Kate Lee Carey, Jonathon Glass, Mike Goldstein and Vince Sampson The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule is back, thanks to a September 17 federal court order that overturned Secretary DeVos’ action suspending implementation of the existing rule, followed by the October 16 final order denying CAPPS’ request for injunctive […]
Education Dive. October 19, 2018 Dive Brief: For-profit college operator Education Corporation of America (ECA) filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Alabama against the Education Department and its Secretary Betsy DeVos that asks the court to appoint a receiver to oversee the company’s assets so it can […]