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Splitting the Difference on Gainful Employment

Inside Higher Ed

July 23, 2010

The U.S. Department of Education today released its long-awaited proposed regulations to define "gainful employment," the mechanism that makes non-liberal arts offerings at for-profit colleges eligible for federal financial aid. Striking a middle ground between aggressively attacking for-profit higher education and backing down under the sector's intense lobbying pressure, the rule creates multiple paths to eligibility and takes aim at only the most egregious of bad actors.

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