An article with that title was published on the website Inside Higher
Education. In their opinion the gainful employment rule is expected to be excluded from next
week’s education proposal. The article outlines that the Office of Management and Budget
included a note in the Federal Register concluding that the DOE’s proposed program integrity
rules could have a major economic impact, a designation that would require the DOE to
strengthen the evidence necessary to justify the need for the regulation. Furthermore, the article mentions
that the designation is believed to be a major reason why the DOE has (according to reports
from several sources Thursday, though unconfirmed by department officials directly) decided
to omit the gainful employment proposal from the proposed regulations expected to be
released next week. This if the outcome follows the assumption will bring smiles to many of the faces I saw at last
weeks CCA. Lets hope!