Ms. DeVos has long opposed the relief program, called Borrower Defense to Repayment, which allows students to have their federal student loan debts eliminated if their schools acted fraudulently.

If DeVos truly wants a free market in student lending, she should say so rather than repeating myths about a “government takeover” of student loans that wasn’t.

DeVos unveils rule that boosts rights for students accused of sexual misconduct. Schools will have to use trained personnel to evaluate evidence and make decisions on cases.

DeVos appeared on Special Report with Brett Baier on Fox News to discuss a host of education issues. Baier asked DeVos her opinions on the notion of cancelling student loan debt, which has been ...

DeVos proposed restricting "borrower defense" claims filed by former students whose schools closed or made false promises, but has to carry out regulations after court rulings sided with students.

In 2019, seven student-loan borrowers filed a lawsuit on behalf of 160,000 others alleging that the Department of Education failed to process their loan-forgiveness claims while DeVos was in charge.

DeVos' remarks on student-loan relief are similar to those of many Republican lawmakers who have slammed broad forgiveness, saying the policy would hurt the economy, cost taxpayers, ...

Judge rules DeVos must testify in lawsuit over student loan forgiveness. A federal judge ruled that “exceptional circumstances” justify the rare deposition of a former Cabinet secretary.

DeVos has made several attempts to write the new rule, known as borrower defense, that would scale back an Obama-era policy aimed at helping students who were misled by for-profit colleges like ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s announcement Friday evening excusing student loan borrowers from making payments for another month, until Feb. 1, granted a reprieve to millions who’d faced the ...