Taylor Hansen

Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department

Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
A former lobbyist for an association of for-profit colleges resigned last Friday from the Department of Education, where he had worked for about a month.