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Suzanne Bonamici: “When Secretary DeVos appeared before the Education and Labor Committee last month, I asked her about the Department's…”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
When Secretary DeVos appeared before the Education and Labor Committee last month, I asked her about the Department's misguided decision to reinstate ACICS, an accreditor that has overseen some of the largest collapses of institutions of higher education in American history.
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Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic · Oregon

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Bonamici criticized DeVos for reinstating a problematic accreditor linked to school failures.

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