The article emphasizes the dangers of dismantling the Department of Education under the Trump Administration, arguing that privatization pressures threaten the quality and accessibility of public education. The author, a former Secretary of Education, shares insights from their experience dealing with for-profit college institutions, highlighting how such entities burden students with debt and deliver poor educational outcomes. They recall efforts made to protect students and taxpayers from predatory practices, advocating for viewing education as a public good essential for a thriving society and economy.
Students were being sold a false pathway to prosperity from these for-profit colleges, which were often only interested in profits.
At the Department of Education, we worked to expose the poor performance of for-profit colleges, identify illegal practices, and discharge the billions in debt.
Collection
[
|
...
]