[ [link removed] ]Stop Betsy DeVos from sabotaging investigations

Petition to Congress:
"Pass the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019."

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Dear John,

[ [link removed] ]Stop Betsy DeVos from
sabotaging investigations

In 2015, Corinthian Colleges collapsed and left deceived students stuck
with debt but no degrees. In the wake of the scandal, the Obama
administration created a new team within the Department of Education – the
Student Aid Enforcement Unit – to police the billions in grants and loans
administered each year. By the time Obama left office, the unit had a
dozen attorneys and investigators working around the clock.^1,2

Then Betsy DeVos happened.

DeVos spent the last three years sabotaging the investigations unit to
make sure scam artists and predatory for-profit schools get a free pass.^3
Now, progressives in the House of Representatives have a plan to undo
DeVos's damage and protect students, and they need our help.

[ [link removed] ]Stand with House progressives: Stop Betsy DeVos from sabotaging
investigations. Click here to sign the petition.

One of the main targets of the investigative team was DeVry Education
Group. In 2016, DeVry settled with the Department of Education and the
Federal Trade Commission and agreed to pay $100 million in damages to the
students it defrauded and deceived. When DeVos arrived on the scene, the
investigations office was looking into a number of for-profit giants,
including DeVry, for deceptive practices, claims about graduates getting
jobs and misleading advertising.^4

DeVos quickly sabotaged the investigations by reassigning and
marginalizing staff, and instructing them to narrow their focus. Today,
only three investigators remain, processing applications and engaging in
small compliance inquiries. Worst of all, DeVos actually hired the former
DeVry dean Julian Schmoke, to oversee the new, toothless investigation
team.^5

House progressives are fighting back. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib
and Donna Shalala teamed up on the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019,
which would make the Student Aid Enforcement Unit official and give it the
congressional mandate – along with staff and funding – it needs to do this
necessary work.^6

Students are nothing but dollar signs to Betsy DeVos and her for-profit
college pals. We need tough action to confront her seemingly corrupt
appeasement of the most predatory industries within higher education – and
that means pointing out that progressives are leading the way.

Stand with House progressives: Stop Betsy DeVos from sabotaging
investigations. Click below to sign the petition:

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Thank you for speaking out,

Heidi Hess, Co-Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions,
"[ [link removed] ]Murray, Senators Denounce Move By Secretary DeVos to End
Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from
Predatory Colleges," May 24, 2018.
 2. Danielle Ivory, Erica L. Green and Steve Eder, "[ [link removed] ]Education
Department Unwinds Unit Investigating Fraud at For-Profits," The New
York Times, May 13, 2018.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Ibid.
 5. Ibid.
 6. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, "[ [link removed] ]Reps. Pressley, Shalala, and Tlaib
introduce the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019," Sep. 20, 2019.

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