Career training regulations protect students and taxpayers. But the Trump administration is abolishing them. – The Washington Post
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has repealed the gainful employment rule, which requires career colleges to ensure that their graduates can afford to repay their loans. Any program that leaves most students with unaffordable debts, relative to their earnings, must either improve its value proposition or lose eligibility for federal student aid.
Although the Trump administration finalized the repeal on Friday, it will be published in the Federal Register on Monday.
DeVos believes that students should be free to make their own choices. She also argues that the rule discriminates against the for-profit colleges that offer many career programs because it does not apply to all colleges.