President of Bethune-Cookman University, Dr. Edison Jackson, is standing firm on keeping Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s commencement address, despite protests from students and alumni.
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President of Bethune-Cookman University, Dr. Edison Jackson, is standing firm on keeping Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s commencement address, despite protests from students and alumni.
President Trump’s budget “blueprint” for the U. S. Department of Education recommends a 13 percent decrease in spending for the agency, but provides few details on how he will reach that goal. Nevertheless, the details…
Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference held in the D.C. metropolitan area this week. Her remarks were criticized by the Left, teachers unions and other anti-Trump elements,…
From the James Martin Center: DeVos’s department is also deeply involved in higher education, but the issues are different. What roils higher education are problems such as excessive costs, lack of intellectual diversity, faltering academic…
Betsy DeVos, a pro-school choice advocate and philanthropist, has been confirmed by Senate vote to become the next Department of Education secretary to fill President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking…
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina congresswoman, has criticized the Obama Department of Education for their higher education policies. Now, she’s in charge of a congressional committee overseeing the department.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the U.S. Department of Education. Calling her a “brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in…
An interesting study, indeed: The study, a working paper published by the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, specifically looks at the Louisiana Scholarship Program. The program gives tuition scholarships with an average value…
Is the race for the White House really coming down to which presidential candidate was tied to the less scandal-plagued for-profit school? Not if the media have anything to say about it. They only want…
Finally, someone is trying to do something about the misconduct of universities in mishandling sexual misconduct cases: The Department of Education and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have harmed not only students but their…