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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Cracking Down on For-Profit Student Debt

    The Obama administration released new rules today in hopes of reining in runaway student debt. They’re called gainful employment rules. The idea is to crack down on college programs that make a lot of money through federal student loans but don’t do much to train students for the workforce.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 30, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Obama administration released new rules today in hopes of reining in runaway student debt. They’re called gainful employment rules. The idea is to crack down on college programs that make a lot of money through federal student loans but don’t do much to train students for the workforce. The rules will hit the for-profit college industry the hardest. But critics say the new regulations don’t go far enough.

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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The Teenage Brain on Pot, ManServants.Co, and the Toughest Job in TV
    1. 0:00Cracking Down on For-Profit Student DebtYou’re reading this
    2. 8:15Your Brain on New Potent Pot
    3. 17:28How Hackers Exploited Video Poker Slots
    4. 26:26Showrunners
    5. 43:11Uber for Manservants
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