There was no singular event that spurred Maryland State Sen. Paul G. Pinsky into action. Instead, it was a drumbeat of reports, complaints and abrupt closures of for-profit colleges that demanded more regulation of the sector, the lawmaker said. Pinsky and lawmakers from several other states are proposing measures to counteract the Trump administration’s rollback of federal regulations aimed at for-profit schools. That Obama-era policy sought to withhold federal student aid from vocational programs with consistently high ratios of student debt to earnings. Although online for-profit schools that enroll Maryland students may be exempt, the five for-profit colleges with physical locations in the state would be subject to the rules.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 22:52 UTC