Trump’s administration is steady on its mission to do away with pretty much every Obama-era directive that protected people of color. Case in point: The Education Department put the brakes on a probe into the rampant abuses at for-profit colleges, employees have said.
With Secretary Betsy DeVos in the driver’s seat and Trump paying for the gas, it’s easy to see why the investigation that Obama pushed for and poured resources into to protect students from the for-profit college industry was basically stopped in its tracks.
An Education Department team has stopped investigating fraud at several for-profit colleges where top hires of Betsy DeVos once worked https://t.co/qpfg6i5ADI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 14, 2018
Complaints of widespread fraud and predatory actions, including misrepresenting enrollment benefits, job placement rates and program offerings, have been made against these schools that can leave students with major debt and no degree. DeVos has employed many people who previously worked at these colleges, including the DeVry Education Group, now known as the Adtalem Global Education, The New York Times reported this week.
Source: Betsy DeVos Is Dismantling For-Profit Colleges Fraud Probe
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