WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) demanded the U.S. Department of Education (ED) immediately take action to stop millions in federal funds from being provided to potentially fraudulent for-profit institutions, as uncovered by a recent report in The New York Times. In writing to ED Under Secretary Ted Mitchell, the senators implored ED to increase efforts to prevent student aid funding from going to fraudulent institutions, specifically by working with state and federal authorities currently investigating for-profit schools to determine appropriate spending restrictions. In a recent letter to ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ITT), ED cited a civil action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the rationale for imposing additional requirements on ITT’s participation in federal student aid programs.
