Puerto Rico Institutions Exempted from New Federal Accountability Rules

The Gainful Employment rule seeks to ensure that students will be able to repay their loans and earn higher salaries than other adults who don’t attend college

October 29, 2023 - 4:55 PM

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“The Department of Education is proposing the strongest protections against unaffordable college debt in history. Investing in a college degree or career certificate is supposed to pay off. Instead, too many students are getting ripped off”, said U.S. Secretary of Education, Puerto Rican Miguel Cardona. (Xavier Araújo)

By José A. Delgado

Corresponsal de El Nuevo Día en Washington D. C.jose.delgado@gfrmedia.com

Washington D.C. - The U.S. Department of Education announced that the agency has exempted “institutions in Puerto Rico and other Territories and Freely Associated States from the accountability provisions” of the Gainful Employment rule and transparency rules, which seek to ensure that students in those higher education institutions will be able to pay back the loans they take to study and earn better salaries than others who do not go to college.