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As the Trump administration pulls back, states step in to regulate questionable colleges
As the Trump administration pulls back, states step in to regulate questionable colleges
The trend is picking up momentum as the administration and Congress seek to soften federal regulations that were beefed up during the Obama years.
by Jon Marcus / Jul.06.2018 / 3:06 PM ET
This story about for-profit education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
Signs of trouble at the Charlotte School of Law percolated for years.
Fewer than half of its graduates passed the bar exam. Only one in five got full-time legal jobs. And the U.S. Department of Education found the school misrepresented its credentials and their odds of success.
But when the law school was finally forced to shut down last year, it wasn’t because of President Donald Trump’s education department. It was North Carolina’s attorney general who closed its doors. And when the federal department sought to limit the number of the law school’s students eligible to have their loans forgiven, the attorney general intervened again.
The case is among a slew of enforcement actions, lawsuits and legislative proposals in which states are cracking down on for-profit colleges and universities and loan-servicing companies they say cheat or mislead students. And the trend is picking up momentum as the Trump administration and Congress seek to soften federal regulations that were beefed up during the Obama years.
The trend is picking up momentum as the administration and Congress seek to soften federal regulations that were beefed up during the Obama years.
by Jon Marcus / Jul.06.2018 / 3:06 PM ET
This story about for-profit education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
Signs of trouble at the Charlotte School of Law percolated for years.
Fewer than half of its graduates passed the bar exam. Only one in five got full-time legal jobs. And the U.S. Department of Education found the school misrepresented its credentials and their odds of success.
But when the law school was finally forced to shut down last year, it wasn’t because of President Donald Trump’s education department. It was North Carolina’s attorney general who closed its doors. And when the federal department sought to limit the number of the law school’s students eligible to have their loans forgiven, the attorney general intervened again.
The case is among a slew of enforcement actions, lawsuits and legislative proposals in which states are cracking down on for-profit colleges and universities and loan-servicing companies they say cheat or mislead students. And the trend is picking up momentum as the Trump administration and Congress seek to soften federal regulations that were beefed up during the Obama years.