New Education Department rules help elite college students at the expense of poor and minorities

(From The Washington Examiner):

By Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-Louisiana)

You have to hand it to President Obama: He sure does do a good job of socking it to the folks he claims to be helping.

Tuesday marked the end of the comment period on the Education Department’s proposed new “gainful employment” regulations. While the administration says it wants to expand educational opportunities, the proposed rules would target community colleges and for-profit colleges — institutions that educate disproportionately poor, minority, and working-class Americans.

But even as the administration imposes new burdens on schools educating non-traditional students, the Education Department would exempt all four-year colleges from the new rules. READ MORE HERE