U. S. Halts New Rules Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges -<br />By STACY COWLEY and PATRICIA COHENJUNE 14, 2017<br />The Trump administration is delaying — and considering dismantling — two new rules<br />that were a cornerstone of the Obama administration’s crackdown on predatory for-profit colleges.<br />A key figure in the Education Department’s regulatory rollback is Robert S. Eitel, previously a top lawyer at two companies<br />that operate for-profit colleges, Career Education Corporation and Bridgepoint Education Inc. Mr. Eitel, who also worked at the department when George W. Bush was president, is the co-chairman of its regulatory review task force<br />A coalition of 31 military and veterans groups sent a letter to Congress and Ms. DeVos this week stating<br />that “veterans’ applications for relief remain stalled.”<br />Last week, a federal court judge in California ordered the Education Department to file a report<br />within 90 days on one borrower’s application that has been under review for more than two years.<br />In its announcement, the Education Department cited as reason for the delay a federal lawsuit filed on<br />May 24 by an association of for-profit colleges in California that is seeking to block the rules.<br />Under the rules frozen on Wednesday, education officials could, for example, take into account lawsuits, accrediting agency reports<br />and graduates’ job placement and wage records in deciding whether an institution remains eligible for federal student aid.
