Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Reporter covering the economics of education Email Bio Follow April 3 at 11:10 PM The accreditation system designed to compel colleges and universities to live up to high standards would be weakened under regulations advanced Wednesday by a U.S. Education Department committee.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos praised the agreement as a critical step toward spurring innovation in a sector that needs to be more responsive to a changing workforce. “While some of the Department’s initial proposals were scaled back through negotiation, many agreed upon today will still serve a similar purpose: allow federal dollars to flow to unproven and untested programs under the guise of innovation,” said Michael Itzkowitz, a senior fellow at the center-left think tank Third Way.
Under Wednesday’s agreement, accreditors would no longer be required to take action against colleges that fail to live up to accrediting standards, nor would those agencies have to inform students there is a problem. “Given the Department’s stamp of approval of ACICS, there is virtually no expectation that an accreditor that falls down on the job would be held accountable,” said Antoinette Flores, a higher education policy analyst at the liberal think tank Center for American Progress. “This is what is to be expected when the higher education lobby is allowed to write its own rules.”
She should be fired of her duties it’s clearly that she is multiplying the school documents and misusin power to cause BLK kids having to work harder then a average privilege kid when they say system is rigged she’s the poster child smh sad WendyWilliamsBETDLHughleyRadio
Spin much?
There is essentially no Department head in the Trump Administration that isn't primarily working to weaken or destroy the department that they head!
phveilleux1 BetsyDeVosED is THE WORST EDUCATION SECRETARY EVER.
Just get rid of Dept of Education. Students haven't been getting a proper education for decades. Liberals certainly won't help make it better, so just get govt out. ☹️
WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
Betsy making America great Nope.
She is so evil.
Trump did an excellent job of picking the worst person to run the Department of Education.
If GOP won't stand up for idiocy who will?
Accreditation is very political these days. It's not making sure people are getting education, but rather that they are exposed to all the progressive dogma - so it is good to weaken it. Ooops sorry, this tweet is from WaPo. That's probably why you're upset about it.
Defunding education since Reagan has worked out well for Republicans.
Destroy, dismantle, our public schools. Privatize everything.
I'd do her,,,,,
This gal's accomplishing her goal. Destroy the department. If that's what Rs want, they should do it above board and taking full responsibility. THIS is the coward's way out.
Damn, these people just can’t be real!!!!!!! What legit organization wants to loosen their industry’s standards?
Why does it feel like her pockets are lined at the end of this process.
More Trump Universities to bankrupt US vets. Btw, last 2 yrs US military has LOWEST recruits EVER! So much for Trump having 'military behind me'...
Things gain better strength after a fall or bad falls.
Terrible, accreditation standards need to stay high, if not raised.
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Good ole Bets! She never was a teacher BUT she volunteered once at a school so she’s SuPeR quALifiEd to head our department of education!
Good thing they are liberal nut joints