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U Idaho - U Phoenix Deal is Finally Dead

3 weeks ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

June 6, 2025 U Idaho – U Phoenix Deal is Finally Dead posted at 11:13 am by David Halperin It’s a busy week for me, but I want to acknowledge, since we have focused on it here for more than two years, that the absurd deal for the University of Idaho to purchase the predatory for-profit University of Phoenix is finally dead. That’s good news. A wide range of Idahoans stood up against a really bad idea and stopped it.
McMahon, Like DeVos, Declares Students, Not Scam Colleges, To Be the Fraudsters

1 month ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education, billionaire Linda McMahon, has now echoed Trump’s last education secretary, billionaire Betsy DeVos, by claiming that fighting fraud in higher education means going after students, rather than holding accountable the predatory for-profit colleges and wealthy school owners who have repeatedly been caught deceiving students and taxpayers.
The Senate Shouldn't Vote on Trump Higher Education Pick without a Hearing

1 month ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health Education Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee, has declined to schedule a hearing prior to a committee vote, scheduled for Thursday, on President Trump’s nominee to be Under Secretary of Education, Nicholas Kent. Having encountered Kent at dozens of Department of Education public hearings over the years, I know him to be intelligent and friendly.
Trump Administration Cancels $37 Million Fine Levied Against Grand Canyon U For Deceiving Students

1 month ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

The Donald J. Trump administration, which claims its DOGE-driven reshaping of the federal government is aimed at cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, quietly cancelled a $37 million fine that the Department of Education, under the Biden administration, imposed in 2023 on Grand Canyon University. The fine was levied after Department investigators documented extensive findings that GCU, which takes billions in taxpayer dollars, systematically deceived students about the costs of their educations.
Trump Education Dept Says It Will Name Colleges Whose Grads Aren't Repaying Loans

1 month ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

The Trump Department of Education announced two weeks ago that it planned to go hard at student loan borrowers who have not been repaying, declaring that on May 5 it would resume collections of defaulted loans. It was the previous Trump administration that halted collections, in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic.
He Gave $1 Million to Elect Trump. The Justice Dept Just Took His For-Profit College To Trial for Fraud (And Lost).

2 months ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

Former for-profit college owner Carl Barney donated more than a million dollars to political committees working to elect Donald Trump in 2024. Yet while the transactional Trump has spent much of his first 100 days taking actions, including through the justice system, that benefit big donors, cronies, and other supporters, the U.S. Justice Department this month proceeded to trial in a long-running fraud case against Barney’s now-shuttered schools.
Meet the Would-Be Accreditors Tied to Predatory For-Profit Colleges

2 months ago | republicreport.org | Jeremy Bauer-Wolf |David Halperin

The National Association for Academic Excellence, based in Kentucky, seems to be casting itself explicitly as an alternative to the current stock of accreditors the Trump administration is railing against.
New Washington State Law Punches Hole in Multi-State Pact Shielding Online Colleges

2 months ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

Last week, Washington governor Bob Ferguson signed legislation that will require online, out-of-state colleges that enroll Washington residents to obey the state’s consumer protection laws.
St. Andrews U Says It's Closing in 10 Days

2 months ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

St. Andrews University, a small liberal arts college in Laurinburg, North Carolina, announced today that it will close in ten days, on May 5. In a statement on the school’s website, the president, Tarun Malik, said, “we have reached a point where financial sustainability is no longer attainable.”It’s a sad day for the school’s students, faculty, staff, town, and proud alumni, a number of whom I have come to know and respect.
For-Profit College Corporation Perdoceo Gave Your Tax Dollars to Trump Inaugural Committee

2 months ago | republicreport.org | David Halperin

A new report filed with the Federal Election Commission shows that the troubled for-profit college operation Perdoceo Education Corp. donated $50,000 to the 2025 Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. Almost all of Perdoceo’s revenue comes from U.S. taxpayers.