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Gainful Employment Rule

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The federal government in July of 2015 signed a bill authorizing the “gainful employment rule” it was supposed to help alleviate one issue that was happening with for-profit schools, it dealt with people not receiving adequate income to pay their debts after job placement, even with their degree. The rule requires the school to prove the loan to income ratio meets a set standard, “The rule is expected to cause 1,400 programs, 99 percent of them at for-profit colleges, to be put at risk of losing eligibility to receive federal student aid.” (“Gainful-Employment Rule Survives For-Profit Group's Court Challenge.”) This bill was enacted but may now be causing a completely different issue. The University of Phoenix is now going to drop most of its

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