Education Dept. Will End 'Gainful' Rules - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed

The Education Department plans to eliminate rather than revise Obama-era rules that required for-profit and vocational programs to prove that they are preparing graduates for gainful employment, according to a memorandum obtained by The New York Times. A decision to pull the plug on the gainful-employment regime, which had been bitterly contested by for-profit colleges and strongly supported by advocates for consumers and students, would represent the latest in a series of actions by the Trump administration to undermine or reverse rules put in place by the Obama administration to protect the integrity of federal financial aid programs. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/07/27/report-education-dept-will-end-gainful-rules