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An Obama-era rule meant to protect college students is on the chopping block

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S. on February 23, 2017.      REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

The US Department of Education appears ready to alter the gainful-employment rule established during the Obama Administration, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

The rule, which aims to hold for-profit and other career-oriented colleges accountable, has been a focal point for the Trump Administration, who indicated last month that they were studying carefully and looking” at the rule.

The Chronicle learned that at the end of May, James Manning, the under secretary of education, sent a letter to Senate Democrats regarding the regulation.

“We have some level of concern regarding the gainful employment regulations promulgated by the previous administration read more >>>

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