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A student-loan forgiveness program was 'run by greedy loan servicers' under Betsy DeVos, Elizabeth Warren says — and Biden can fix 'the mess' by canceling debt
"The good news: Betsy DeVos is gone," Sen. Warren said. She called on Biden to cancel $50,000 in st…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Department just punted on a policy that could keep student-loan borrowers' debt from piling up after they graduate
Biden is delaying reinstatement of the gainful employment rule, which mainly protects students that…
Ayelet Sheffey
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200,000 student-loan borrowers are getting their debt wiped out through a settlement with Biden's Education Department
The lawsuit was first brought against former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over thousands of clai…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Betsy DeVos says student-loan borrowers have 'a lot of tools' to pay off their debt and she hopes Biden will 'follow the law' and choose not to forgive any of it
"It's a matter of fairness," Trump's education secretary told "The Daily Signal." "It's not fair to…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers sued Betsy DeVos' office over debt forgiveness. A judge ruled she cannot be forced to testify.
A class-action lawsuit representing 160,000 borrowers alleges DeVos' Education Department failed to…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Betsy DeVos and former GOP lawmakers who helped construct versions of the legislation Biden is using to cancel student debt just told the Supreme Court his plan 'obviously violates' the law
Trump's Education Sec. Betsy DeVos, former House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP officials argue…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student debt can pile up for borrowers who attend for-profit schools — and Biden has yet to reinstate a rule that would help prevent that
Biden is defending Betsy DeVos' repeal of the "gainful employment rule," which cuts off federal aid…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Ex-Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who last year said the department she once led 'should not exist,' maxes out political contributions to Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers
Third-quarter contributions from DeVos family members to Rogers totaled $46,200, representing about…
John L. Dorman
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Thousands of student-loan borrowers are getting a second chance at debt forgiveness after being 'cruelly denied' under Betsy DeVos
The American Federation of Teachers reached a settlement with the Education Dept. requiring reconsi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Betsy DeVos said the Department of Education, which she used to run, 'should not exist'
DeVos has long supported reducing federal authority over schools and allowing states and districts …
Matthew Loh
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Student-loan agencies illegally seized $37 million from borrowers' wages during the pandemic
The CARES Act put wage garnishment for student-loan borrowers on pause, but Education Dept. data fo…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Education Dept. illegally garnished paychecks during the pandemic and can't find 11,000 people who deserve refunds
The CARES Act prohibited the Education Dept. from withholding wages for federal student loan borrow…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Dept. wants you to prove you were defrauded by a for-profit school - then it will forgive all your student debt
The Dept. said defrauded borrowers with approved claims are entitled to full debt relief "as a star…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Betsy DeVos says she resigned after learning Pence wouldn't support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump in the wake of the Capitol riot
Trump's former education secretary confirmed that she spoke with Pence and Cabinet officials after …
Oma Seddiq
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Betsy DeVos calls Biden's student-loan forgiveness '100% illegal' after she concluded Trump did not have the authority to cancel debt broadly when he was in office
Biden's Education Department rescinded Trump's memo stating there's no authority for broad-student-…
Ayelet Sheffey
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An educational agency backed by Betsy DeVos just lost recognition for signing off on a college that seemed to be fake
A USA Today investigation found no evidence of students or faculty at Reagan National University in…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Trump's billionaire education secretary is accused of denying student-loan forgiveness to thousands. Now she'll testify over it.
About 160,000 defrauded borrowers sued Betsy DeVos over her handling of their claims. Under her, th…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Secretary allows undocumented college students to access stimulus funds
Education Sec. Cardona reversed a controversial Trump-era rule barring undocumented and internation…
Ayelet Sheffey
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5 of the biggest for-profit colleges that were accused of defrauding their students
The DOE just canceled $1 billion of student debt, but that was just for pending claims. Thousands o…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Secretary just canceled $1 billion of student-loan debt for about 72,000 defrauded borrowers
Miguel Cardona's first major act reverses a Trump-era policy, providing about $1 billion of cancela…