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GAO Blasts DeVos’ ED for Not Implementing Fix for Student Loan Repayment Program Benefitting Teachers and Other Public Servants
The report sharply criticizes Sec. Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education for not implementing a 2018 congressional “fix.”
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Uncovered Emails Show Secretary DeVos Asks ‘How High’ When Student Loan Servicers Say ‘Jump’
An email from Navient’s CEO making demands for less oversight carries more weight with DeVos than tens of thousands of student borrower complaints about industry mistreatment.
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NYT Report Shows DeVos Aide Helped Keep Failing For-Profit Colleges Alive and Students Paid the Price When They Collapsed
DeVos’ top lieutenant, Diane Auer Jones, kept a fly-by-night company on life support just long enough to cheat thousands of students out of their tuition money with no degree to show for it.
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New Report: Secretary DeVos Stacked The Education Department With Execs From Shady For-Profit Colleges That Cheat Student Borrowers
No Mystery Why DeVos Is Proposing to Weaken College Accreditation Standards to the Benefit of the For-Profit Industry Read the Report at www.StackedDeck.org Washington D.C. – On the eve of the public comment deadline for the Trump-DeVos Education Department’s proposal to loosen college accreditation standards, consumer advocacy group Allied Progress released a new report on how Secretary Betsy DeVos has filled…
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DeVos Still Dragging Feet on Student Loan Disability Discharge Issue
See June 17th MarketWatch story ‘Student-loan borrowers with disabilities will be reimbursed after their Social Security checks were needlessly garnished’. Reaction from Allied Progress spokesman Jeremy Funk: “Where is the sense of urgency from Secretary DeVos? DeVos is dragging her feet to fix a system so broken that disabled student borrowers who qualify for federal…
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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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Education Department Hand-Wringing About “Data Privacy” An Attempt To Distract From Real Problem: They Don’t Know How To Do Their Job
The record shows that Betsy DeVos and her department have been incapable of supervising student loan servicers.
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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