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Goodbye to Betsy DeVos, who survived by accomplishing almost nothing

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

When Betsy DeVos took the job as the nation’s chief educator, she probably never imagined that a pandemic would strike, requiring her to exert actual leadership in extremely difficult circumstances. It’s a role for which she is utterly unqualified. From the time of...

Editorial: Why is it so hard for Betsy DeVos to provide debt relief and loan forgiveness to students?

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jan 2, 2020 | Borrower Defense

Among those who have had to wait too long for debt relief are more than 200,000 students who say they were tricked into taking valueless courses at for-profit college chains such as the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges. DeVos’ own staff...

Editorial: Protect Veterans From Fraud

by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 31, 2019 | Military / Veterans

The New York Times Congress invited predatory for-profit colleges to defraud military veterans when it wrote a loophole into the rules governing federal education aid. The loophole, added to the Higher Education Act in 1998, encouraged the schools to take the...

Betsy DeVos sides with predatory for-profit colleges over America’s students

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Career Education Accountability

The future of the nation’s economy and the ability of its citizens to earn a decent living increasingly depend on having an educated population, with more people getting at least some college education after high school. Despite that, the Trump administration is...

What Betsy DeVos Thinks She Can Get Away With

by | Sep 24, 2018 | Career Education Accountability

A federal judge sent the right message last week when he blocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s suspension of an Obama-era rule that allows students defrauded by for-profit colleges to have some or all of their federal student loans forgiven.
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  • Goodbye to Betsy DeVos, who survived by accomplishing almost nothing
    The Los Angeles Times
    December 9, 2020
  • Why is it so hard for Betsy DeVos to provide debt relief and loan forgiveness to students?
    The Los Angeles Times
    January 2, 2020
  • Protect Veterans From Fraud
    The New York Times
    December 31, 2019

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NCLC4consumersNCLC@NCLC4consumers·
19 Jan

Although high-earning borrowers will receive some cancellation, the biggest benefit will be realized by borrowers who are typically low-income Black and Brown single parents. 3/5 #BlackLivesMatter #DefendStudents https://thehill.com/opinion/education/534799-joe-biden-should-provide-student-loan-relief-to-assist-the-vulnerable

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MarkCappettaMark Cappetta@MarkCappetta·
19 Jan

The Trump ED's distance learning regulations are a giveaway to predatory online institutions. Check out @studentlegalnet's new lawsuit #DefendStudents: https://www.defendstudents.org/news/california-and-student-defense-challenge-trump-administrations-distance-learning-regulations?sc=tw-share

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PLeiaPrinSassKate Spaulding@PLeiaPrinSass·
19 Jan

The Trump ED's distance learning regulations are a giveaway to predatory online institutions. Check out @studentlegalnet's new lawsuit #DefendStudents: https://www.defendstudents.org/news/california-and-student-defense-challenge-trump-administrations-distance-learning-regulations?sc=tw-share

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jamesrollejamesrolle@jamesrolle·
19 Jan

The Trump ED's distance learning regulations are a giveaway to predatory online institutions. Check out @studentlegalnet's new lawsuit #DefendStudents: https://www.defendstudents.org/news/california-and-student-defense-challenge-trump-administrations-distance-learning-regulations?sc=tw-share

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WickerWrightShirley Wicker Wrigh@WickerWright·
19 Jan

The Trump ED's distance learning regulations are a giveaway to predatory online institutions. Check out @studentlegalnet's new lawsuit #DefendStudents: https://www.defendstudents.org/news/california-and-student-defense-challenge-trump-administrations-distance-learning-regulations?sc=tw-share

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