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NDC Executive Director Discusses How Biased Regulation Hurts Military and Veteran Students
Last month, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey participated in a forum hosted by Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE). The event highlighted the negative impacts of the U.S. Department of Education’s selective regulation against career-education institutions and distance learning…
NDC to Dept. Ed: Biased Regulations, Mass Loan Cancellation Are ‘Fundamentally Unfair’ to Veterans
Mass student loan cancellation policies implemented under President Biden and regulations targeted at career colleges and other non-traditional higher ed programs are “fundamentally unfair, especially to those that serve their nation,” NDC Executive Director Bob Carey testified last week. On…
Negotiated Rulemaking Should Retire Gainful Employment Rule
Last week the U.S. Department of Education kicked off the AHEAD negotiated rulemaking, which is responsible for creating and implementing new accountability measures. Negotiators should repeal the Gainful Employment Rule, which discriminates against post-secondary schools favored by the military, veterans…
Bob Carey in Stars & Stripes: Healthy SNAP Act ‘Infantilizes’ Service Members
The government’s distrust of military members to make the best decisions for themselves and its pervasive attitude of condescending paternalism contributes to the military’s recruiting and retention crisis. Case in point: The Healthy SNAP Act of 2023, which was introduced…
Veterans Unwelcome at Some “Elite” Four-Year Colleges
Compliant members of Congress and government officials, upon whom traditional four-year universities lavish millions in political campaign contributions and lobbying support, seem only too willing to perpetuate a false narrative against career colleges. The problem is the traditional liberal arts…
Department of Education Protects Traditional Higher Ed by Demanding Different Rules for Career Colleges
As students flee four-year colleges and with public confidence in higher education at historic lows, crusading activist bureaucrats seek to prop up and perpetuate traditional universities’ government-mandated market advantages by selectively limiting access to career colleges. As NDC noted in…
