DeVos: Victims of for-profit colleges just had to raise hands to get 'free money'

September 27, 2017
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that college students defrauded by for-profit colleges just had to “raise his or her hands to be entitled to so-called free money” under an Obama-era rule meant to protect them.

DeVos defended her decision to halt the Obama-era “Borrower Defense to Repayment” law during a keynote address at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference in Michigan Friday.

Read more at The Hill: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352264-devos-students-defrauded-by-for-profit-colleges-just-had-to-raise