Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum An enduring tension in federal higher education policy making is the balancing act between protecting students and taxpayers on the one hand and allowing for innovative instruction and business models on the other. New administrations typically emphasize one over the other, swinging the policy […]

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Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.

Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.

Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman In its latest move to unmake policies and regulations, many of them put in place under President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday a new round of rulemaking on more than a dozen topics, most notably accreditation. The department will consider issues […]

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As Feds Pull Back, States Step in to Regulate For-Profit Colleges and Universities

As Feds Pull Back, States Step in to Regulate For-Profit Colleges and Universities

Hechinger Report by Jon Marcus Signs of trouble at the Charlotte School of Law percolated for years. In exchange for the median $161,910 graduates had borrowed to pay tuition, fees and other costs, according to the American Bar Association, only 45 percent were passing the bar exam. That was far below […]

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