A Closer Look at Affected Programs
Whether it’s a small share or a large portion of the sector, there is little debate that the gainful employment standard, as proposed, would affect some number of programs. But its hard to figure out which ones because schools report very little information broken down by program.
The paper I released today, “Are You Gainfully Employed?” tries to answer these questions about gainful employment and the specific program types most likely to be affected. That’s an important distinction to note–my analysis isn’t interested so much in naming schools that are likely to be in trouble. Rather, by looking at a large portion of the sector, it hopes to see what programs might be affected in large numbers.
Of the more than 12,662 programs I looked at, I estimated that about 4 percent of programs, or just over 500,