Tag: U.S. Secretary of Education

International

Georgetown Dismisses Allegation of Failing to Report Foreign Gifts

A recently released report from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos alleges that Georgetown University failed to properly disclose gifts and contracts worth several billion dollars from Chinese, Saudi Arabian and Qatari entities according to The Hoya. The Department of Education also accused Harvard University, Yale University, and Stanford University of failing to disclose the […]

November 6, 2020

News Roundup

New Bill Aims to Stop School Closures

On Thursday, Rep. Dr. Donna Shalala, Peter King and Sean Casten introduced the Stop College Closures Act, a bipartisan bill that would require accreditors to play a bigger role in preventing sudden school closures. If passed, accreditors would need to track student complaints and if need be, submit them to state agencies and the U.S. […]

October 3, 2019

Students

Ex-Education Secretary: Policy Rollback an ‘Assault on American Dream’

Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said it is “distressing” to see the Trump administration roll back policy initiatives put in place under President Barack Obama to protect college students.

April 24, 2017