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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 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DeVos and the Department of Education are actively giving out outdated or incorrect information to participants in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.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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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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DeVos to Defend Indefensible Budget That Kills Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Through 2018, DeVos’ Education Department approved less than 300 borrowers for public service loan forgiveness among nearly 40,000 applicants – an abysmal 99% rejection rate.
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DeVos Gets Money’s Worth in SCOTUS School Voucher Case
DeVos has made massive “charitable” donations to right-wing groups willing to smear teachers’ unions and push discredited policies that undermine public education. And her investment just paid major dividends as one of her pet groups helped elevate the anti-public education cause all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Rated “Mostly True” : DeVos the “most unpopular person in our government”
No level of dissatisfaction from student borrowers will ever convince the Secretary to consider their needs before the bottom line of the for-profit college and loan servicer industries.