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Charter Schools, Students Of Color And The State Action Doctrine: Are The Rights Of Students Of Color Sufficiently Protected?, Preston C. Green Iii, Erica Frankenberg, Steven L. Nelson, Julie Rowland Mar 2012

Charter Schools, Students Of Color And The State Action Doctrine: Are The Rights Of Students Of Color Sufficiently Protected?, Preston C. Green Iii, Erica Frankenberg, Steven L. Nelson, Julie Rowland

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Mortgaging Human Capital: Federally Funded Subprime Higher Education, Jean Braucher Mar 2012

Mortgaging Human Capital: Federally Funded Subprime Higher Education, Jean Braucher

Washington and Lee Law Review

The for-profit higher education sector, primarily funded by federal student aid dollars, produces both the highest debts and defaults and lowest completion rates for its students. In response, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has promulgated the Gainful Employment Rule to require for-profit colleges and universities to meet either repayment or debt-to-income benchmarks to remain eligible to receive federal Higher Education Act funding. This Article describes the business model of the career colleges and their rapid growth over the last decade, the history of proprietary school regulation, the limited remedies for overindebtedness of former students, and the tests imposed by …