Betsy DeVos on Free College: ‘A Socialist Takeover of Higher Education’

Betsy DeVos on Free College: ‘A Socialist Takeover of Higher Education’
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before House Education and Labor Committee December 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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The plan to make tuition in public colleges and universities free for students marks a “socialist takeover of higher education,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday.

During Tuesday’s virtual 2020 Federal Student Aid (FSA) Training Conference, DeVos highlighted her department’s accomplishments over the past four years, and spoke against proposals championed by progressive politicians, including student loan debt cancellation and free college.
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