Most importantly, opponents find it hard to forget the education secretary's off-mark statement that HBCU's were pioneers of school choice-void of key historical context regarding the creation of HBCU's, born out of segregation laws that barred African-Americans from attaining higher-education.
The B-CU petition also objects to DeVos's recent withdrawal of protections the Obama administration put in place for students who have mismanaged or are defaulting on their student loans.
The booing and the heckling on Wednesday underscored some of the criticism she and Trump face at black colleges and universities, including Bethune-Cookman University where black groups and the NAACP objected to her invitation to speak.
DeVos later amended her comments in a series of tweets the next day, reflecting the importance of the institutions.
"If this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you", he told the crowd. "Choose, choose which way you want to go".
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke at a tech conference in Utah, and the metaphor she used to advocate for school choice has some people shaking their heads.
DeVos, a billionaire GOP donor who did her best to destroy Michigan's education system before imposing her extreme ideologies on the rest of the country, hasn't been super popular thus far.
Eventually, things calmed down and she finished her speech.
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The President was clear that only by working together can the parties reach an agreement but he concluded "we will get this done". The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
The commencement program said DeVos was slated to speak an hour or more, but she wrapped after about 20 minutes, according to CNN.
It's graduation season again ... meaning it's time for classless shoutdowns of conservative commencement speakers by ("open-minded") intolerant college students. But he said "Bethune-Cookman University can't do it alone".
The students claimed Ms DeVos' policies disproportionately hurt minority students in the USA, especially in the black community.
Some students agreed, saying the school needs help from anyone offering it, no matter their party affiliation.
In a statement afterward, DeVos said she respected the attendees, "including those who demonstrated their disagreement with me". Is there more DeVos can do to win the support of HBCUs?
Students stood and turned their backs to DeVos, an action that Politico reported drew applause from the crowd of friends and relatives.
Graduates were seen turning their backs while DeVos gave the commencement speech. Students grew so angry during the speech that the school President Edison Jackson interrupted DeVos' remarks to warn students.
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