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DeVos Once Again Shields Problematic Accreditor From Accountability
Chronically-troubled for-profit college accreditor, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools [ACICS], has reportedly received yet another break from Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Education Department with their decision to delay their evaluation until February 2021.
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Trump Must Choose: Betsy DeVos or Student Borrowers?
Washington D.C. – Today the US Senate voted to disapprove of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new “Borrower Defense” rule that would have left defrauded student borrowers struggling to pay illegitimate debts. On a vote of 53-42, Senate Joint Resolution 56 – and the fate of tens of thousands of defrauded borrowers – now moves to…
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Education Secretary DeVos Called Out by State AG Offices, Student Advocates at Congressional Hearing Over Lax Student Loan Servicer Oversight
“We don’t have a partner on the federal level when protecting students, in many ways we have an opponent.”
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As Betsy DeVos Arrives In Dallas For Conservative Confab, Disabled Veterans Still Wait For Federally Authorized Debt Forgiveness
The Department of Education is skirting the law by making the process of applying for loan forgiveness for “totally and permanently” disabled veterans burdensome.
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It’s Time for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos To Get Serious About Holding Student Loan Servicers Accountable
The $1.4 Trillion Federal Student Loan Program has been grossly mismanaged under DeVos’ watch.
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Valentine’s Day Is Over Yet Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Is Handing Out Sweetheart Deals for Student Loan Servicers
Congressional Hearings Should Be Held Immediately On The Gross Mismanagement and Potential Fraud In The $1.4 Trillion Federal Student Loan Program
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Kraninger Promises Transparency at CFPB Despite Record of Stonewalling and Secrecy
Kathy Kraninger continues in the tradition of Mick Mulvaney of talking loud while saying nothing.
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FOIA Prompts CFPB Release of Suppressed Report on Banks Burying Students with Fees for College-Sponsored Accounts
Report on banks like Wells Fargo burying students with fees in college-sponsored accounts. Department of Education doing nothing.
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Congress Should Investigate Whether DeVos Hid Navient Audit from Law Enforcement, Public
Did DeVos and other Education officials bury an audit showing Navient steered tens of thousands of struggling student loan borrowers into higher cost repayment plans?
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FTC Commissioner Says Mulvaney’s CFPB Could Go After Lender for Misleading Student Loan Borrowers. Will It?
Unlike the Federal Trade Commission, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney can demand civil penalties for misleading students. Will he or will he continue bowing down to predatory lenders?