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Carey to Neg-Reg Comm.: Don’t Limit Veterans’, Military Members’ Use of Earned Education Benefits
In public comment before the Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking committee on Program Integrity and Institutional Quality today, NDC executive director Bob Carey encouraged the committee to reject burdensome regulations that unfairly penalize career colleges and non-traditional universities. One of…
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…
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…
ICYMI: You Can Die for Your Country, But You Can’t Go to a Career College
In the Biden Administration’s effort to prop up failing conventional four-year colleges and universities, the Department of Education has put “mountains of red tape between veterans and their college choices,” Bob Carey wrote in RealClear Education last fall. Military service…
Letter to VA Secretary: 85/15 Rule Reduces Veterans’ Access to Higher Education
The National Defense Committee called on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) today to reconsider its 85/15 Rule, either by reinitiating the rulemaking process or rewriting the rule entirely. In a letter to Secretary Denis McDonough, executive direct Bob Carey…
National Defense Committee Statement on Gainful Employment Deadline Extension by Education Department
The National Defense Committee released the following statement after the Department of Education announced an extension of the reporting deadline for its Gainful Employment and Financial Transparency regulations: “The Department of Education has finally demonstrated some common sense by delaying the reporting…
