by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jun 27, 2023 | Gainful Employment, Publications
In a letter to the Department of Education, the Protect Students and Taxpayers coalition submitted its recommendations to better protect students, families, and taxpayers from low-quality and predatory programs. Read the letter
by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Feb 9, 2023 | 90-10, Borrower Defense, Gainful Employment, Publications
The Protect Students and Taxpayers Coalition writes to the 118th Congress to share the coalition’s higher education priorities for 2023 and beyond. Representing students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights advocates, and researchers, the coalition of...
by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jun 8, 2022 | Gainful Employment, Publications
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...
by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Feb 10, 2022 | Gainful Employment, Publications
By: Michael Itzkowitz, Senior Fellow, Higher Education, Third Way, Shelbe Klebs, Education Policy Advisor, Third Way Originally posted via Third Way on February 10, 2022 In January, the US Department of Education (Department) began a negotiated rulemaking process to...
by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Jan 19, 2022 | Gainful Employment, Publications
The Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that all career education programs receiving federal student aid “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.” The HEA does not define “gainful employment,” but in 2014 the Education Department adopted...
by Protect Students and Taxpayers | Dec 7, 2021 | Gainful Employment, Publications
The Gainful Employment (GE) Rule was intended to protect students from low-quality programs that often left them with a mountain of debt and credits of little to no value. Issued in 2014, the GE Rule worked to improve institutional quality while lowering costs and...