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With her days in office waning, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is taking shots at student debt cancellation and tuition-free college proposals, hallmarks of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda ...
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, a conservative billionaire philanthropist, advocated for school choice. In her view, public education money should follow students to whatever learning model their parents prefer ...
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.
RENO, Nev. — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has frequently been the target of angry borrowers who say her department does a bad job managing the student loans of tens of millions of people.
DeVos seemed to have no understanding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, known as IDEA, which requires public schools to provide free and appropriate education to all students ...
Data shows DeVos didn’t immediately forgive student loans after court order By Katie Lobosco, CNN 4 minute read Published 6:05 PM EDT, Fri March 29, 2019 Link Copied! Video Ad ...
DeVos: First, it would allow students to pursue things that are particularly interesting to them, things about which they're passionate and also explore new disciplines or new ideas.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is in a standoff with Democrats over why she is refusing to forgive the debts of tens of thousands of borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.
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 ...
“Betsy DeVos has been actively working against our students — harming their education, financial well-being, and safety — since Day 1,” wrote Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who sits on a ...