The Education Department recently gave the clearest indication to date that it may roll back, or at least alter, the hotly contested gainful-employment regulation. The rule, an initiative of the Obama administration, was billed as a way to better hold career-oriented programs accountable. In a letter obtained by The Chronicle, James Manning, acting under secretary of education, wrote to Democrats in the Senate that the department had "some level of concern" regarding the rules and that officials were reviewing them carefully.
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