By Kevin McCauley
DeVry Inc., the publicly traded for-profit educational company, has tapped Holland and Knight to “enhance and improve relationships and awareness of higher education issues with the U.S. Congress.”
The $30B for-profit college sector, which accounts for 12 percent of U.S. undergraduates and earns nearly a quarter of federal Pell grants for low-income students, faces an array of investigations.
DeVry’s team is led by Moises “Moe” Vela, former director of management and administration in the office of Vice President Joe Biden, and Shawna Watley, legislative assistant to ex-Senator Bob Kerrey.
DeVry received an image boost Dec. 16 with the release of a report by McKinsey & Co. that cited it along with seven other colleges for successfully combining effective educational practices with good management.
Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the study focused on colleges with student bodies of mostly low-income young adults, which the report says represents the “new majority” of college students.
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