Thread regarding University of Phoenix layoffs

We have until May 27th by 11:59 ET~ Share with everyone! http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=ED-2014-OPE-0039-0001

Do something about it instead of just complain! Tell the government the truth. http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=ED-2014-OPE-0039-0001

Executive Summary:

Purpose of This Regulatory Action: As discussed in more detail under “§ 668.401 Scope and purpose,” the proposed regulations are intended to address growing concerns about educational programs that, as a condition of eligibility for title IV, HEA program funds, are required by statute to provide training that prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation (GE programs), but instead are leaving students with unaffordable levels of loan debt in relation to their earnings, or leading to default. GE programs include nearly all educational programs at for-profit institutions of higher education, as well as non-degree programs at public and private non-profit institutions such as community colleges.

Specifically, the Department is concerned that a number of GE programs: (1) Do not train students in the skills they need to obtain and maintain jobs in the occupation for which the program purports to provide training, (2) provide training for an occupation for which low wages do not justify program costs, and (3) are experiencing a high number of withdrawals or “churn” because relatively large numbers of students enroll but few, or none, complete the program, which can often lead to default. We are also concerned about the growing evidence, from Federal and State investigations and qui tam lawsuits, that many GE programs are engaging in aggressive and deceptive marketing and recruiting practices. As a result of these practices, prospective students and their families are potentially being pressured and misled into critical decisions regarding their educational investments that are against their interests.

For these reasons, through this regulatory action, the Department seeks to establish: (1) An accountability framework for GE programs that will define what it means to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation by establishing measures by which the Department would evaluate whether a GE program remains eligible for title IV, HEA program funds, and (2) a transparency framework that would increase the quality and availability of information about the outcomes of students enrolled in GE programs. Better outcomes information would benefit: students, prospective students, and their families, as they make critical decisions about their educational investments; the public, taxpayers, and the Government, by providing information that would enable better protection of the Federal investment in these programs; and institutions, by providing them with meaningful information that they could use to help improve student outcomes in their programs.

Here is the entire proposal http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2012/notice-proposed-rulemaking-march-14-2014.pdf

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just out of curiosity what are the talks about do you just call in and speak to anyone?

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and this place is going to find itself in deep doo doo.

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