Could a Gainful-Employment Rule Have Helped Corinthian’s Students?

By Goldie Blumenstyk. With the fate of Corinthian Colleges Inc.’s 75,000-plus students now up in the air, a student-advocacy group says that many of them could have been protected from the coming upheaval if a strong “gainful employment” rule had been in effect. The Institute for College Access and Success had previously identified 114 career-focused programs where more students default on their loans than graduate. More...