Tag: Betsy Devos

Q: Military Times: Vet groups are blasting Trump’s education secretary. Here’s why.

Veterans’ education benefits are being undermined by the federal government, according to officials with two prominent advocacy organizations focused on student veterans.

Q: Our New York Times op-ed: Betsy DeVos vs. Student Veterans

Our President Carrie Wofford authored an op-ed in the New York Times : "As the political makeup of the 116th Congress begins to congeal, the question of what, if anything, this divided government can do together looms. Although there is faint hope of cooperation on most issues, if there is something that could unite President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitch McConnell, it should be their promises to protect America’s veterans. The post-9/11 G.I. Bill, which rewarded returning service members with college funding, first passed under George W. Bush and was unanimously expanded by Congress in 2017 with Mr. Trump’s signature. But the value of veterans’ hard-earned G.I. Bill benefits is being undermined from within the Trump administration. The culprit, unfortunately, is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos....." Read the full op-ed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/betsy-devos-student-veterans.html

Q: Politico: Betsy DeVos’ Bet on Boot Camps

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, short-term training program for students trying to land high-tech jobs. Although they still account for a tiny share of American higher education, they’re growing fast; last year the camps graduated 20,000 students, 20 percent up from the previous year. As more workers sign up, the camps are drawing attention from policymakers as an efficient, job-focused alternative to a costly and complicated higher-education system.

Q: Politico Morning Education: Veterans Education Success issued a new analysis today

Meanwhile, the group Veterans Education Success issued a new analysis today based on government data that found student veterans demonstrate stronger rates of persistence and completion of higher education goals compared with their non-veteran peers.

Q: CAPPS v. DeVos & Bauer v. DeVos | DOCUMENTS

This brief is submitted by the National Consumer Law Center (“NCLC”) and by 17 legal aid and other non-profit organizations that work on behalf of students and student loan borrowers, consumers, low-income individuals, teachers, college counselors, and the principles of college access and success and financial fairness. Amici participated in the 2016 negotiated rulemaking on borrower defense through rulemaking meetings, written comments, public letters, petitions, and other advocacy materials. Several amici organizations participated as representatives of the legal assistance and student communities on the rulemaking committee, and others participated as counselors and commenters. Amici educated the Department of Education about students’ experiences with predatory schools and barriers to accessing relief under the existing regulatory regime.

Q: The Washington Examiner: Don't Lower Standards for Federally Subsidized For-Profit Colleges

Conservatives complained a lot about Barack Obama when he was president. But not everything he did was bad. One of the things Obama did that actually made a lot of sense was try to stop throwing federal student loan and grant dollars at for-profit colleges that take in lots of taxpayer money and fail to give their graduates useful skills for finding jobs afterward.

Q: NYT Opinion: The Bane That is Betsy DeVos

Today let’s talk about the evil deeds of Betsy DeVos. We’ve been distracted, what with Omarosa and the Manafort trial and that $90 million military parade we were so looking forward to. At the same time, our secretary of education has been busy, working to protect for-profit colleges from their students.

Q: CNN: Betsy DeVos' rollback of Obama's for-profit college rules is almost complete

(CNN) Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is rolling back another Obama-era regulation that was meant to protect students from abusive practices by for-profit schools and colleges. On Friday, DeVos said she plans to fully repeal a rule that targeted schools that failed to prepare students for "gainful employment."

Q: New York Times: DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally moved Friday to scrap a regulation that would have forced for-profit colleges to prove that the students they enroll are able to attain decent-paying jobs, the most drastic in a series of policy shifts that will free the scandal-scarred, for-profit sector from safeguards put in effect during the Obama era.