Education Jan 03 For-profit college company agrees to erase $500 million in student debt By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Oct 12 DeVos will not seek further delay of Obama rule on for-profit loan forgiveness A federal court ruled last month that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' decision to delay the regulation, known as borrower defense, was unlawful and that the rule should go into effect. The department had until next Tuesday to respond. By Maria Danilova, Associated Press
Education Jul 11 Watch 5:20 Betsy DeVos hits reset on new student loan consumer protections 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… By PBS NewsHour
Economy Jan 16 Watch 7:29 Why so many students from for-profit schools are left in debt limbo Students who attend for-profit college and training programs are more likely to borrow, borrow more and struggle to repay their loans. Not only that, but the overall graduation rate at for-profit institutions is just 27 percent. Meanwhile, a number of… By PBS NewsHour
Education Dec 06 Watch 8:53 In Liberia, private management of public schools draws scrutiny Founded by freed American slaves, Liberia has a past marred in recent years by civil war and Ebola. The country’s public education system is ineffective, and in an effort to rebuild it, the government has reached across the Atlantic for… By PBS NewsHour