For-Profits Remain a Risky Investment for Black Students and the Proposed Gainful Employment Rule Can Help
September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023
May 18, 2023
“We applaud the Education Department’s work to propose strengthened student and borrower protections, including reinstating the critical gainful employment…
June 8, 2022
Issued in 2014, the Education Department implemented the Gainful Employment (GE) Rule to protect students from low-quality postsecondary programs that often left them with unaffordable student debts and non-transferrable credits. Unfortunately, the last administration halted the 2014 GE Rule upon taking office, and then officially rescinded the rule in 2019.
March 24, 2022
Last week, negotiators serving on the Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee convened for their third and final week-long work period as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) negotiated rulemaking process.
February 25, 2022
Last week, members of the Department of Education’s (ED) Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee continued work on a set of accountability regulations, including the gainful employment rule, closing the 90/10 loophole, and strengthening financial responsibility and administrative capability for institutions of higher education.
January 26, 2022
Blog from TICAS and New America recaps the first week of the new negotiated rulemaking sessions focused on accountability and institutional quality regulations. Issues up for discussion and regulation during these sessions include Gainful Employment, 90/10 Loophole Closure, Financial Responsibility for Institutions, and Ability to Benefit.