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1/ Short story about DC today.

Two years ago, we detailed how an accreditor for for-profit colleges was keeping schools open despite horrific outcomes for students (low grad rates, high debt etc)

propublica.org/article/accred…
2/ We reported that 2/3 of the commissioners of the accreditor for for-profit schools had been execs at...for-profit schools. Indeed many at schools that had been under investigation.

propublica.org/article/whos-r…
3/ After much outrage and many investigations, Obama’s Department of Education effectively killed the accreditor.

propublica.org/article/educat…

Take a guess what happened next...
4/ In April, Betsy DeVos *unkilled* the accreditor that had been blessing predatory for-profit colleges.

insidehighered.com/quicktakes/201…
5/ And we learn that DeVos revived the for-profit accreditor despite a report *from the Dept of Ed itself* warning that the accreditor, ACICS, was failing to meet standards.

politico.com/story/2018/06/…
6/ DeVos fought the release of the report—which came out thanks aggressive FOIA’ing.

Forced to release it, DeVos’ people attached a note calling their own department’s report “incomplete.”

politico.com/story/2018/06/…
6/ This is the kinda of thing that gets barely a blip of attention. But what it merits is memory and persistence.

Reviving a failed accreditor of predatory for-profit colleges will have real-world consequences. And we need to cover them.

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1/ Trump is suing towns across the country to get breaks on taxes.

We found nine suits his company has brought **since Trump became president.**

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But lots of people are not also president of the United Sates.

propublica.org/article/trump-…
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Residents of Trump Tower got no warnings to evacuate. And nobody answered when a resident called the front desk.

But Michael Cohen did warn a resident who’s his friend.

nytimes.com/2018/04/07/nyr…
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