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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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DeVos Aide Scuttles Student Debt Relief Website For Making Process “Too Easy”
The New Website From Federal Student Aid Would Have Allowed Student Borrowers To More Easily Apply For Relief After Being Defrauded.
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DeVos Education Department, Loan Servicers Giving Bad Information To Student Loan Borrowers On COVID19
DeVos and the Department of Education are actively giving out outdated or incorrect information to participants in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
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With No Help From Pat Toomey, Senate Votes to Help Defrauded Student Borrowers Drowning In Debt
After Taking Over $63,000 From Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Family, Toomey Refused to Overturn Costly DeVos Rule That Guts Borrower Defense Protections
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With No Help From Mitt Romney, Senate Votes to Help Defrauded Student Borrowers Drowning In Debt
After Taking Over $300K From Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Family, Romney Refused to Overturn Costly DeVos Rule That Guts Borrower Defense Protections
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With No Help From Thom Tillis, Senate Votes to Help Defrauded Student Borrowers Drowning In Debt
After Taking Over $92,000 From Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Family, Tillis Refused to Overturn Costly DeVos Rule That Guts Borrower Defense Protections
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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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Associates of Betsy DeVos’ Brother Caught Spying on Teachers’ Union, Now Congress Must Investigate
Allied Progress calls on the House Oversight Committee to conduct an immediate investigation into what DeVos knew and when did she know it.
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Allied Progress Analysis: Betsy DeVos’ Family Has Given U.S. Senators Nearly $2 Million
These Senators soon face a choice: either vote to ensure defrauded student borrowers can be made whole — or rubberstamp the Trump administration’s scheme to protect the profits of crooked diploma mills.
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ICYMI: Records Show DeVos Saved Discredited Accreditor After Explicit Request From Top For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist
DeVos is willing to give the for-profit college industry anything they ask for even if it leaves student borrowers more vulnerable to predatory behavior.