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Saturday Night Live truly stepped up its game for Bill Hader’s comeback, delivering what was arguably one of the best episodes of the season — if not the best. The fan favorite’s return to Studio 8H marked his second hosting stint since departing the sketch comedy series in 2013 — though he did return last summer to play […]
A group of 18 Democratic attorneys general is suing the Trump administration over its oversight of for-profit colleges, saying that the Education Department’s refusal to enforce a regulation punishing predatory career programs “leaves students vulnerable to exploitation and fraud.” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has made a rollback of President Obama’s higher education policy a […]
Mark Makela/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to rescind sexual assault reporting procedures on college campus. “Sexual assault is the ultimate abuse of power, and its pernicious presence in our schools is unacceptable,” Biden wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday. “Policies that do not treat this epidemic with the utmost […]
The National Advertising Division is recommending that Betsy DeVos’ brain-training company remove misleading claims from its website. Neurocore LLC advertises that it can help treat ADHD, anxiety, and depression without medication. Such neurofeedback training is gaining popularity worldwide, but the science is far from settled. An investigative unit overseen by the Better Business Bureau has […]
After days of controversy surrounding meetings with stakeholders in the campus sexual assault debate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday that she wanted to help both victims of assault and those who have been falsely accused of rape — a striking departure from the rhetoric of the Obama administration, which has focused primarily on survivors. […]
Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will change two key Obama-era rules governing student loan forgiveness in cases involving fraud and misconduct by universities. The department said it will convene special committees to rewrite Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment regulations. The rules were introduced last year as […]
Yuri Gripas/Reuters Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered few details of her views on higher education during her confirmation hearings. But on Thursday, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, she sharply criticized faculty members and accused them trying to indoctrinate students. She devoted only a paragraph to higher education in a relatively short […]
Betsy DeVos was confirmed as President Trump’s education secretary in a vote of 51-50 after a controversial hearing. Vice President Mike Pence broke the 50-50 tie in a historic vote. On Friday, DeVos was physically blocked from making an appearance at a middle school in Washington D.C. by dozens of protesters. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Feedburner
To say Betsy DeVos had a rough confirmation hearing to become secretary of education would be an understatement. Democrats came gunning for the billionaire charter schools advocate who had never attended or taught at a public school, and who mused that it might be appropriate to have guns in some schools to protect against grizzly […]
Celebrities react to Betsy DeVos’ confirmation vote. Entertainment Weekly
