[Advising] FW: Breaking News Update: Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos as U.S. Education Secretary, With Pence Breaking Tie -- Inside Higher Ed -- Feb. 7, 2017

FYI… Shannon From: Inside Higher Ed [mailto:newsroom@insidehighered.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 11:50 AM To: Shannon Rios <Shannon.Rios(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: Breaking News Update: Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos as U.S. Education Secretary, With Pence Breaking Tie -- Inside Higher Ed -- Feb. 7, 2017 Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser.<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed1d... [http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/all/themes/ihecustom/images/socialico... [Forward this email to a friend]<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed1d2f... to a friend [http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/all/themes/ihecustom/images/breaking-... BREAKING NEWS February 7, 2017 Senate Confirms DeVos, With Pence Breaking Tie The U.S. Senate today approved Betsy DeVos as the next secretary of education, as Vice President Pence cast the tie-breaking vote in her favor. The vote by a vice president to break a deadlock over a cabinet official was a first in U.S. history. Her nomination was strongly opposed by Democrats and ultimately by two Republicans senators. President Trump announced just before Thanksgiving that he would nominate DeVos, a billionaire and philanthropist from Michigan, to lead the Department of Education. A former Republican Party chairwoman in her home state, DeVos was best known nationally for using her immense personal wealth to back political campaigns in favor of so-called school choice measures, such as the expansion of charter schools and vouchers. She has virtually no track record in -- and has said very little about -- higher education. Read more about today's vote and DeVos here<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed1d2ff12...;. [https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/309842/site172.tmus/html_e... to advertise here?<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed1d2ff1... This email was sent to Shannon.Rios@utsa.edu<mailto:Shannon.Rios@utsa.edu> why did I get this?<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage.com/about?u=ed1d2ff123b6b8... unsubscribe from this list<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ed1d2ff12... update subscription preferences<http://insidehighered.us2.list-manage1.com/profile?u=ed1d2... Inside Higher Ed · 1015 18th Street NW · Suite 1100 · Washington, DC 20036 · USA