Official TICAS and Student Comments on Gainful Employment
Today the Institute for College Access & Success joined with three national student groups (the United States Student Association, U.S. PIRG, and Campus Progress) in submitting public comments to the U.S. Department of Education regarding proposed regulations to define gainful employment. Federal law requires career education programs that receive federal student aid to “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.” The proposed rule defines what this means so the law can be enforced, and it is urgently needed to protect students and taxpayers from career education programs that routinely saddle students with debts they cannot repay and degrees they cannot use. These comments express support for the Department’s efforts to define gainful employment and focus on strengthening the draft regulation in areas where the stakes for students and taxpayers are most pronounced.
