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Career‑training providers press Education Department on earnings metrics, accreditation rules
Summary
Career‑training schools and accreditors told the Department of Education that proposed earnings metrics and recent guidance threaten program eligibility for low‑wage occupations; they urged revisions to metric design, regional comparisons and rescission of a Dec. 5, 2023 guidance letter affecting recognition practices.
Representatives of career‑training institutions and accreditors warned that the department’s draft accountability measures could disproportionately exclude programs with low median wages or tip‑based incomes.
Brian Huff, CEO of Midwest Technical Institute, said the bill’s earnings provision and premium‑earnings test will “all but eliminate cosmetology programs” because median wages in…
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