For-Profit College Industry

90/10 Rule Loophole Closes, Ending For-Profit Colleges' Predatory Targeting of Veterans by Counting GI Bill and Military Tuition Assistance as Federal Aid

| Importance: 8/10

On January 1, 2023, a critical reform to the “90/10 rule” governing for-profit college federal aid eligibility took effect, finally closing a decades-old loophole that had incentivized predatory targeting of military veterans and active-duty service members by for-profit colleges seeking …

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Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers

| Importance: 9/10

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos formally repealed the Obama Administration’s Gainful Employment Rule on July 1, 2019, eliminating the only federal accountability mechanism that measured whether career training programs at for-profit colleges and non-degree programs at all institutions …

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Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court

| Importance: 8/10

The U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan published the final “Gainful Employment Rule” on June 13, 2011, establishing that career training programs at for-profit colleges and non-degree programs at all institutions must demonstrate that graduates earn sufficient …

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