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New rules on student debt shouldn't be limited to for-profit colleges

Washington Post - Column

August 19, 2010

The Obama administration wants for-profit career colleges to better prepare students for gainful employment and to improve debt-repayment rates. The government is threatening to pull access to federal student aid for colleges that fail to show progress. I love this idea, but why don't we take it further and require every college that receives federal financial aid to discuss with incoming students who are applying for loans how much they can expect to earn in the degree areas they are pursuing?

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