Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee on May 24 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)Updated with a response from the Education Department. The rule, which dates to the 1990s, wipes away federal loans for students whose colleges used illegal or deceptive tactics to get them to borrow money to attend. DeVos said the delay was necessary as the department fought a federal lawsuit by a group of for-profit colleges in California seeking to block the rules. “Secretary DeVos might not like it, but her job is to serve students — and we will make sure she does.”

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 15:01 UTC