In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke about a range of subjects, from for-profit schools to sexual assault on college campuses.
Some of her comments:
FEDERAL ROLE IN EDUCATION:
“We think that there has been an overreach in many cases on the part of the federal government in really intruding on states’ issues and states’ areas of responsibility as well as trying to engineer things from the federal level in a way that is not helpful to students overall.”
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FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS:
“Let’s be clear, no student should be defrauded and in case of fraud there should be remedy. But we also know this approach has been unevenly applied and if there’s going to be regulation around some institutions we believe it needs to be fairly applied across the board.”
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/education-secretary-betsy-devos-on-some-education-issues/2017/08/14/72164f3e-80c1-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html