The Chronicle of Higher Education

New York Attorney General Blasts Education Department in Testimony Before Congress

By KELLY FIELD

Washington

Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo accused the federal Department of Education of being "asleep at the switch" when it comes to regulating student-loan companies.

"The Department of Education has been remarkably weak in its oversight of the industry,"...

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