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Students find the doors locked to the ITT Technical Institute campus in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The U.S. Education Department says it's erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates' success in finding jobs. The Biden administration is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from former students of ITT Technical Institute, a chain that closed in 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Loan relief granted to former for-profit college students

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

Speculation has begun on who a Biden-Harris administration will pick to replace Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

For-profit schools losing influential Education Department friends after election

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos participates in a roundtable event at Waukesha STEM Academy Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Democrats fail to override Trump veto on student loan policy

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov 24, 2009 file photo, a University of Phoenix billboard is shown in Chandler, Ariz. Some of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are ramping up advertising, hiring recruiters and offering discounts for online classes as they predict that the coronavirus will steer more Americans back to school, helping revive the industry. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

While other colleges struggle, for-profits hope for revival

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Senate passes rebuke of DeVos over student loan forgiveness

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a hearing of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on the fiscal year 2021 budget. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Bobby Scott says Betsy DeVos altered student loan forgiveness formulas

By James Varney - The Washington Times

The Education Department's revisions to a loan forgiveness program will make some students ineligible, specifically those who attended now-defunct for-profit colleges. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Revised loan forgiveness program to exclude students of now-defunct for-profit schools

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos follows President Donald Trump as they leave NCAA Collegiate National Champions Day at the White House, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

DeVos: Defrauded students may only get partial loan relief

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

In this April 10, 2019, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee at a hearing on "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education" on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

DeVos issues new loan forgiveness rule for swindled students

By CAROLE FELDMAN - Associated Press

DeVos revokes Obama-era rule policing for-profit colleges

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 24, 2017 file photo, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., center, ranking member on the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee, greets Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats are preparing to bring Education Secretary Betsy DeVos under the sharpest scrutiny she has seen since taking office. DeVos has emerged as a common target for Democrats as they take charge of House committees that wield oversight powers including the authority to issue subpoenas and call hearings. At least four Democrat-led committees are expected to push DeVos on a range of topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House Democrats bringing new scrutiny to education secretary

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Obama-era rule leads to $150M in student loan forgiveness

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

In this June 5, 2018, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during hearing on the FY19 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. A little-known venture capitalist is on the verge of acquiring one of the country’s biggest for-profit colleges, a transaction that would put him in control of a troubled national chain vastly larger than the tiny California school he currently owns. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Little scrutiny in DeVry sale, as DeVos targets protections

By COLLIN BINKLEY and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Massachusetts sues Betsy DeVos over student loan relief

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 28, 2015, file photo, students wait outside Everest College in Industry, Calif., hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools. California's attorney general is suing the Trump administration, saying the federal Department of Education is refusing to process debt relief claims from tens of thousands of students who had federal loans to attend Corinthian Colleges. (AP Photo/Christine Armario, File)

California sues over Corinthian student debt relief claims

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Nearly 5,000 Florida students could get help from settlement

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2018 budget. Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 6, 2017, in federal court in Washington and demands implementation of borrower defense to repayment rules. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

19 AGs sue DeVos for delaying for-profit college rules

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2017, photo, Danielle Ramos, 30, poses at MassBay Community College in Wellesley, Mass., where she pursued her education after being defrauded by a for-profit college. Thousands of students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges were told by the Obama administration that their student loans would be forgiven, but the Trump administration has yet to keep that promise. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Promised college loan forgiveness, borrowers wait and wait

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Students eligible to wipe out loans from defunct college

Associated Press

In this Sept. 20,2016 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Senator: Education Dept. mishandling Corinthian student debt

By JENNIFER C. KERR - Associated Press