Former dean for for-profit, fraud filled college to head DOJ college fraud unit

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/julian-schmoke-jr-trump-education-department-college-enforcement-242176


DeVos and Trump already made it clear that the Dept of Edu will no longer accept claims from students in debt seeking loan forgiveness over claims of fraud against colleges. Today Julian Schmoke, a former dean for DeVry, the for profit college that agreed to pay $100m for fraud last year, was chosen to head that unit. While they are no longer taking claims, they said they will look at the claims already submitted when the administration came in.

Since being confirmed, DeVos, who increased her inherited fortune by funding a legislative initiative for failing school choice model in Michigan and then investing in companies that provided services to charter schools, has decreased the department's role in protecting the civil rights of students and providing relief for students in debt while pushing for policies to benefit private education companies like the one she part owned. Pulling someone from the for-profit industry, particular one of the biggest fraud offenders, to decide if students have been defrauded seems like letting the wolf guard the sheep. It should be no surprise that this unit is of little interest given the case against Trump University and the fraud committed against many by Donald Trump.