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• For-profit colleges call new Obama administration rules unfair
• Will your degree get you a good job? US proposes test for for-profit colleges
• Rule targets for-profit colleges over student debt
• Education groups battle teachers unions in state races

For-profit colleges call new Obama administration rules unfair Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:38 PM PDT By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For-profit colleges on Friday criticized the Obama administration's proposal to deny federal funding to career-training institutions that students leave with high levels of debt. The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, which represents more than 1,400 for-profit schools, called the proposed rules discriminatory, saying they would disproportionately affect low-income students. The Department of Education announced the proposed regulations on Friday, saying students should not be buried under mountains of debt by low-performing for-profit career training colleges that fail to prepare them for a well-paying job. "Our students are juggling work, family and school and desperately need focused academic delivery and flexible schedules," Steve Gunderson, president of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, wrote in a letter to the Department of Education.

Will your degree get you a good job? US proposes test for for-profit colleges Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PDT The Obama administration took new steps Friday to hold for-profit colleges and other career-training programs accountable for producing graduates who can earn enough money to pay back student loans. The proposed "gainful employment" regulations would take away a program's eligibility for federal student aid if too many of its students defaulted on student loans or had debts too high relative to earnings. "For too long, some of these programs have measured success by how many students they enroll – and that needs to change," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement. "Success in career education should be measured by how many students graduate prepared for a good job with sufficient earnings."

Rule targets for-profit colleges over student debt Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:43 AM PDT The for-profit college industry says it will vigorously oppose proposed regulations by the Obama administration designed to protect students at for-profit colleges from amassing huge debt they can't pay ...

Education groups battle teachers unions in state races Posted: 07 Mar 2014 03:00 AM PST Groups funded by billionaires back state-level candidates who want to weaken teachers unions and promote charter schools.

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