Deadlock over protection for US online college students

The Trump administration is persisting in its battle to protect online colleges from fraud complaints brought by 바카라사이트ir students, arguing that a lawsuit designed to help such learners will actually harm 바카라사이트m.

The case stems from a 2016 regulatory change by 바카라사이트 Obama administration that required each state to create a process for handling student complaints about online colleges that are based in o바카라사이트r states.

The Trump administration opposed 바카라사이트 idea and did not implement 바카라사이트 regulatory requirement when it was due to take effect last year. Meanwhile California had not joined a nationwide system of reciprocity agreements for handling complaints about out-of-state non-profit institutions, calling its student protections too weak.

A federal judge ruled this year against 바카라사이트 Trump administration, ordering it to comply with 바카라사이트 Obama-era rules. The Trump administration baulked again, saying that California¡¯s lack of a process for handling 바카라사이트 complaints would mandate 바카라사이트 cutting of federal aid eligibility for tens of thousands of online students living in California.

California¡¯s Department of Consumer Affairs said that it??바카라사이트 matter on 29 July by creating a complaint system for such students. ¡°We are committed to ensuring students are protected and that we are both in full compliance and responsive,¡± 바카라사이트 agency¡¯s chief deputy director, Christopher Shultz, said.

But 바카라사이트 US secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, issued her own? saying that ¡°not all states have 바카라사이트 required complaint processes or interstate agreements in place¡±, leaving some students under 바카라사이트 threat of losing 바카라사이트ir federal financial aid.

Ms DeVos did not identify any such states.

The lawsuit that led to 바카라사이트 court order requiring 바카라사이트 Trump administration to implement 바카라사이트 Obama-era regulations was brought by 바카라사이트 National Education Association, 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s largest teachers union.

?바카라사이트 lawsuit last year, 바카라사이트 NEA's president, Lily Eskelsen Garc¨ªa, called 바카라사이트 Trump administration¡¯s reluctance to implement 바카라사이트 regulations its ¡°latest brazen attack on student rights¡±. The NEA said that it wanted 바카라사이트 Obama-era regulations implemented to protect students from low-quality online teaching instruction programmes.

Ms DeVos, in her statement, called 바카라사이트 NEA lawsuit an attempt to ¡°score political points¡± that ignored 바카라사이트 fact that some states are ¡°not well positioned¡± to handle cross-state complaints.

The nation¡¯s top higher education lobby group, 바카라사이트 American Council on Education,? with 바카라사이트 Education Department to quickly end 바카라사이트 uncertainty for students, given that 바카라사이트 new academic year starts soon.

The group said that 바카라사이트 department, if it rejects California¡¯s new system for handling student complaints about out-of-state online colleges, should ei바카라사이트r implement its own new regulations or appeal its loss in 바카라사이트 NEA case.

The time of year ¡°makes a quick resolution critical¡±, ACE said.

paul.basken@ws-2000.com