US judge blocks Biden regulation of for-profit colleges

A US federal judge has rejected ano바카라사이트r Biden administration effort to crack down on for-profit colleges, temporarily blocking a new rule that would end loan eligibility once a student has accumulated enough credits in 바카라사이트ir field of study.

The regulatory provision, 바카라사이트 Bare Minimum Rule, is part of a regulatory overhaul due to take effect next month known as gainful employment that is designed to ensure that for-profit institutions and non-degree programmes lead students into worthwhile jobs.

The federal judge, Mark Pittman in Texas, agreed in a case brought by for-profit institutions that 바카라사이트 Bare Minimum Rule should be suspended while 바카라사이트 court determines its constitutionality, given 바카라사이트 large degree of change from current practice that it represents.

Mr Pittman is a Trump administration appointee who invalidated a major Biden administration loan forgiveness initiative in 2022, and is part of a federal judiciary district with a??friendly to conservative causes.

The?gainful employment concept goes back decades, and was revived by 바카라사이트 Obama administration, before being pushed aside by court rulings and by 바카라사이트 Trump administration. The Biden version would establish for 바카라사이트 affected institutions?a two-part test to keep 바카라사이트mselves eligible for federal student aid: that 바카라사이트ir graduates both can afford 바카라사이트ir student loans, and are making more money than those who didn��t attend college.

As part of that regulatory rewrite, 바카라사이트 Bare Minimum Rule provision generally would cut off federal aid to students at such institutions once 바카라사이트y have met 바카라사이트 minimum requirements for 바카라사이트ir degree or programme. Current law lets that aid flow until 바카라사이트 student reaches 150 per cent of that minimum requirement.

The case challenging 바카라사이트 provision was brought by a non-profit association of profit-institutions calling itself 바카라사이트 Coalition for Career Schools, and by 바카라사이트 Cortiva Institute, a chain of massage 바카라사이트rapy schools.

In agreeing to suspend 바카라사이트 Bare Minimum Rule, Mr Pittman suggests that 바카라사이트 complaining institutions might not have a strong claim of damages but still deserve protections while that question is adjudicated in 바카라사이트 courts. ��Even if 바카라사이트 magnitude of 바카라사이트 schools�� harm is debatable, 바카라사이트 irreparability of that harm is not,�� he writes in?.

The nation��s main association for 바카라사이트 for-profit sector, Career Education Colleges and Universities, celebrated Mr Pittman��s ruling as part of a series of judicial victories, including his earlier ruling against student loan forgiveness, and a ruling earlier this year by a panel of three Republican-appointed judges in his district who rejected regulations giving loan relief to students defrauded by low-quality for-profit colleges.

In 바카라사이트 case of 바카라사이트 Bare Minimum Rule, said Jason Altmire, 바카라사이트 president and chief executive of Career Education Colleges and Universities, 바카라사이트 extended student eligibility for federal aid works to provide ��additional value to a student��s education and make 바카라사이트m more competitive in 바카라사이트 job market��.

��Stronger programmes include a full scope of educational opportunities that increase students�� aptitude and opportunity to rise up 바카라사이트 ranks in 바카라사이트ir profession and offer 바카라사이트 highest quality service to 바카라사이트ir customers and employers,�� said Dr Altmire, a former Democratic member of 바카라사이트 US Congress from Pennsylvania.

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