Sentences with phrase «profit college fraud»

In the spirit of for - profit college fraud and student loan forgiveness, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has her constituency in mind and calls for action from the Department of Education.

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Steve Eder, Danielle Ivory and Erica Green, writing in Education Dept. scales back unit investigating fraud at for - profit colleges for the New York Times, have the details.

They also noted her reluctance in the hearings to support Education Department efforts to prevent fraud by for - profit colleges.

«Warren questions Albert C. Gray, the president of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, on his judgment in allowing a for - profit college system to be accredited in spite of multiple allegations that it had committed fraud.»

The department has been investigating other for - profit colleges with similar reputations for misrepresenting career opportunities and has begun a formal process for forgiving student loans after instances of fraud by universities.

Betsy DeVos did not commit to the enforcement of existing federal laws addressing waste, fraud, and abuse in for - profit colleges.

Of course, the federal government's efforts to rein in fraud and substandard instruction at for - profit colleges are not themselves problematic.

But, as in the case of the for - profit college sector, the lax oversight of the vouchers, along with the loosening of standards for providing them to students, has perpetuated the kind of fraud that can be as damaging to special ed students — many of whom likely were really struggling with reading than actually learning disabled — as condemning them to traditional school ghettos.

However, the Department's ability to root out fraud was thrown into question last week, when the agency appointed former for - profit college executive Julian Schmoke to run the Department's enforcement division.

Specifics include support for punishment and sanctioning of for - profit colleges who are found guilty of fraud and misdirection; additionally, he is on the supporting end of federal student loan refinancing and for - profit fraud loan forgiveness.

Minnesota has joined 17 states and the District of Columbia in suing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for rescinding a rule that would have let students take for - profit colleges to court and have their education loans forgiven in cases of fraud.

National Consumer Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education, April 19, 2018, Complaint and Press Release The National Consumer Law Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Education for records related to its purported justification for delaying implementation of a rule to protect student loan borrowers from school fraud and abuse, including records of communications between agency officials and representatives of the for - profit college industry.

Trump's own for - profit college, Trump University is currently facing lawsuits over claims of fraud and misrepresentation of services.

WASHINGTON — Minnesota has joined 17 states and the District of Columbia in suing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for rescinding a rule that would have let students take for - profit colleges to court and have their education loans forgiven in cases of fraud.