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Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education

Letter

Date: April 26, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Higher Education

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and eight of their Senate colleagues wrote Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos last week raising serious concerns about Diane Auer Jones, a former high-powered lobbyist and consultant for the for-profit college industry who serves as a senior advisor in the Department of Education overseeing regulations, administrative matters, and other high stakes enforcement actions faced by the same for-profit colleges she formerly worked with or represented. Jones is one of many officials in the Department of Education with close ties to the for-profit college industry.

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