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Gainful Employment regulations (2014)

Obama-administration rules tying federal aid eligibility for career programs to debt-to-earnings metrics.

Year
2014

The concept of "gainful employment" is not new to higher education.

In fact, the phrase was first mentioned in the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Department of Education (Department) issued new Gainful Employment (GE) regulations in September 2023 for the first time since 2014.

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