Biden plans to nominate former Rep. Gwen Graham as the assistant secretary of Education for legislation and congressional affairs, the White House announced on Friday.who acts as a liaison between the Education Department and congressional offices. Graham, the daughter of Bob Graham, former Florida governor and U.S. senator,“I'm so humbled to be nominated by President Biden to help serve America's students, educators, and families.
over whether she must testify in a class-action lawsuit about the Trump administration’s handling of borrower defense claims.to halt the transfer of her subpoena dispute from a federal court in Florida to the judge in California who has been overseeing the lawsuit. That judge, William Alsup, has issued rulings critical of the Trump administration’s sweeping rejections of loan forgiveness claims and he’s previously signaled that he’s open to requiring DeVos to testify in the matter.
to Alsup while the appeals court considers the entire emergency request made by DeVos. DeVos has also asked that the 11th Circuit strike down the subpoena compelling her to testify.asked Alsup to suspend his consideration of the subpoena fight until the 11th Circuit rules.A coalition of education and civil rights groups this morning is calling on the Biden administration to cancel $50,000 of student loan debt per borrower — and to make sure the benefit applies to borrowers broadly and equitably.
that Porat misrepresented information about the business school “in order to defraud the rankings system, potential students, and donors.”
So once again, lower income people and perhaps people of color are being adversely affected by COVID shutdowns.
A handful of community colleges are actually cutting classes, hence cutting jobs. Many students can't enroll because of the financial situation the pandemic has put them in. This is going to intensify social disparities even more in the near future