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Sens. Merkley, Durbin Introduce Bill to Protect Students From Worthless Degrees, Overturn DeVos Giveaway to Predatory For-Profit Colleges
August 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:

As college students begin returning to class, Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2018. This legislation would close a loophole that allows for-profit colleges to take federal financial aid dollars for students to attend unaccredited degree programs that often leave students deep in d . . .

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