The Obama administration did not consider all of the relevant evidence before revoking the federal recognition of an embattled accreditor of for-profit colleges, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
Reggie B. Walton, a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia, wrote in a 66-page opinion that the Education Department under President Barack Obama had “procedurally erred” in terminating the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, violating the Administrative Procedure Act. Walton remanded the case to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to consider the relevant evidence.
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