Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
ed.gov OCTOBER 31, 2019 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON—As part of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ Rethink Higher Education agenda, the U.S. Department of Education today announced the publication of final accreditation and state authorization distance education regulations designed to expand educational options for students, holistically lower the cost […]
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CalMatters by Felicia Mello he turmoil in the for-profit college industry has affected California as much as any state, with the closures of major chains leaving thousands of students deeply in debt, their educations on hold. Meanwhile, the state agency in charge of regulating private colleges and vocational schools has struggled […]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education By Andy Thomason After Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, observers predicted that Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, would face fresh scrutiny. DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist, has hired officials with ties to for-profit education, and critics have long alleged that those ties […]
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Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee After failing once to undo Obama-era rules aimed at for-profits, the Ed Department has signaled it will try again. But a confusing regulatory landscape remains. Easy as undoing regulations might seem to government outsiders, they typically must go through the same process as writing new […]
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Politico By Michael Stratford (mstratford@politico.com; @mstratford) January 17, 2019 The Trump administration is threatening to punish California regulators over their decision to turn away a large for-profit college seeking state approval for funding under the GI Bill. At issue is California’s decision to avoid taking action on Ashford University’s application for approval […]
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NASFAA By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter January 16, 2019 Higher education stakeholders convened in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to begin the first of three sessions of negotiated rulemaking, or “neg reg,” to consider changes to the federal regulations on accreditation and other issues based on draft regulatory language released earlier this month […]
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Politico Why the Department of Education wants to get behind a popular—but unaccredited—new style of education. By MICHAEL STRATFORD 01/16/2019 As Americans look to build the skills they need for the fast-changing job market, a new type of education provider has swept onto the scene: the coding boot camp, an intensive, […]
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Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman Education Secretary Betsy DeVos laid out her clearest positive vision for higher education on Wednesday, calling for a fundamental re-examination of how colleges operate, whom they serve, and how their success should be measured.“We must expand our thinking about what education actually is, […]
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Education Dive Dive Brief: Ahead of the federal negotiated rulemaking session on higher ed accreditation that kicks off next month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos laid out her department’s priorities in a meeting Wednesday with industry leaders. According to prepared remarks, she said it is time to “rethink” higher education and called […]
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NASFAA By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter ATLANTA—As thousands of financial aid professionals reconvened Wednesday morning at an annual training conference on federal student aid, Department of Education (ED) officials continued a drumbeat on the importance of strengthening the relationship between government officials, institutions, and students. To achieve that goal, […]
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