Depending on whom you ask, the programs are either another avenue for school choice drawing on the generosity of taxpayers, or a workaround to existing bans on giving public money to religious organizations — in this case schools — with…
Aug 11

By Erica R. Hendry
Acosta and DeVos are expected to speak around 4:30 p.m. ET. Watch live in the player above.
Aug 09

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press
DeVos, who marks six months in office this week, alienated many African-Americans in February when she described historically black colleges as "real pioneers when it comes to school choice."…
Aug 08

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is considering dialing down federal guidance for how colleges and universities should handle sexual misconduct investigations. The Obama administration issued new requirements in 2011 changing how schools should handle investigations on their campuses, drawing both…
Aug 02

By Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed
The Department of Education will still roll out a website through which borrowers can repay their loans, regardless of their provider.
Aug 01

By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
The Trump administration plans to investigate and sue colleges and universities over admissions practices.
Jul 27

By Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week
The back and forth between states and the U.S. Education Department over the new federal K-12 law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, has become more complicated than many had expected.
Jul 13

By Associated Press
"This is an issue we're not getting right," DeVos said after a daylong series of meetings with victims of sexual assault, those who say they were falsely accused and representatives of colleges and universities.
Jul 11

By PBS NewsHour
The Trump administration has held up the implementation of Obama-era rules that would have allowed student borrowers to have their debt erased if they had been victims of fraud by for-profit schools. Now 18 states and the District of Columbia…
Jun 14

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press
The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will change two key Obama-era rules governing student loan forgiveness in cases involving fraud and misconduct by universities.
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