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Student loans cut for college programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:08 am
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:08 am
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“They are putting together a new earnings threshold test that says Bachelor degree program graduates have to earn more than the median high school graduate in your state 4 years after graduation.
And when it comes to grad school programs, they have to earn more than bachelor's degree graduates for that same type of field in that state within 4 years after their graduate school program.
If the school program fails this test for 2 years in a row, they will lose access to federal Fi, federal student loans. And if more than 50% of the school's programs fail this test, they lose access to all types of federal financial aid programs.”
Here’s what that really means
Colleges can no longer have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes for their graduates
The goal is to stop federal taxpayer subsidies via loans and grants for programs that leave graduates financially worse off or no better than if they had skipped college
This is common sense legislation and a huge win for everyone
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 12:09 pm
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:18 am to Ailsa
Your headline is misleading. Colleges can have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes, they just can’t have federal funding for them.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:19 am to Ailsa
Colleges as bastions of progressive indoctrination would come damned near to a screeching halt as their social sciences programs shut down.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:20 am to Ailsa
quote:As Penrod said, your OP title is false.
Colleges can no longer have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:21 am to Penrod
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Colleges can have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes, they just can’t have federal funding for them.
Yes, so if a degree in basket weaving is your thing and you want to pay for it, go on ahead.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:25 am to TrueTiger
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Yes, so if a degree in basket weaving is your thing and you want to pay for it, go on ahead.
As it should be, from someone with a BA in English Lit who took out $0 in student loans.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:40 am to NC_Tigah
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As Penrod said, your OP title is false.
There are only so many characters allowed in the title...care to rewrite it to your likeing?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:42 am to Penrod
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Your headline is misleading. Colleges can have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes, they just can’t have federal funding for them.
Question on interpreting this:
1. Do they not get federal funding for those specific programs?
Or
2. Do they not get funding at all if they offer those programs?
Reading further - it looks like answer 2 is on the table if 50% of the college programs offered are determined to be not positive for financial outcomes.
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 11:46 am
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:45 am to Ailsa
As a chemical engineering professor and tax payer, I like it.
As someone who has to deal with faculty in other colleges, this is going to suck having to listen to the REEEEES (and I actually support learning the classics as part of a fully rounded education)
As someone who has to deal with faculty in other colleges, this is going to suck having to listen to the REEEEES (and I actually support learning the classics as part of a fully rounded education)
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:45 am to Ailsa
What about all the professors that have worthless degrees jobs?
How are they going to make a living teaching other people to meet the qualifications for a worthless degree.
Most of these profs are too old or ugly for onlyfans. Uber and door-dash are saturated with illegals.
What do they do now?
What options do they have?
How are they going to make a living teaching other people to meet the qualifications for a worthless degree.
Most of these profs are too old or ugly for onlyfans. Uber and door-dash are saturated with illegals.
What do they do now?
What options do they have?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:46 am to Penrod
While the headline is not correct in the technical sense, one could imagine that any program that will not pass this test will have a hard time remaining viable.
Not many students are going to want to pay for degrees that they can not get loans for. Some students? Yes. Enough to keep a degree program going?
We shall see.
Not many students are going to want to pay for degrees that they can not get loans for. Some students? Yes. Enough to keep a degree program going?
We shall see.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:46 am to Ailsa
So wait, we’re actually going to care about human beings and their futures again?
Crazy talk, almost as if we want America to succeed.
Crazy talk, almost as if we want America to succeed.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:48 am to Mike da Tigah
Let’s see the criteria with how this is calculated. How many majors
will still be considered viable positive financial outcomes?
Will be interesting to see the criteria, with AI now destroying so many entry level jobs.
will still be considered viable positive financial outcomes?
Will be interesting to see the criteria, with AI now destroying so many entry level jobs.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:52 am to Ailsa
100% approve along with a course all freshmen must attend that explains what you can expect to earn once leaving college and how much debt you will have upon leaving.
They could drop half the BS courses they force you to take and add a budgeting financial course along with the Degree Expectations course.
It would be better if this was taught senior year of high school but that will never happen.
They could drop half the BS courses they force you to take and add a budgeting financial course along with the Degree Expectations course.
It would be better if this was taught senior year of high school but that will never happen.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:52 am to Ailsa
Goodbye HCBUs
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:53 am to Ailsa
I'm fine with this as long as they apply it to the for-profit colleges and universities.
Unfortunately, the department of education has a bad history of carving out for-profit exemptions due to political kickbacks. And their entire business model would collapse without federal loans.
Unfortunately, the department of education has a bad history of carving out for-profit exemptions due to political kickbacks. And their entire business model would collapse without federal loans.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 12:03 pm to Ailsa
quote:Student loans cut for college programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes
There are only so many characters allowed in the title..
Posted on 4/23/26 at 12:09 pm to NC_Tigah
done.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 12:23 pm to Ailsa
We also have way too many degree programs and way too many people that have no business being on a campus. Make trade schools a thing again.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 2:10 pm to AGGIES
It isn't option number two in your post. That would be unconstitutional and would be struck down by the Supreme Court.
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