Bible college and seminary presidents are up in arms about a planned scheme to deny federal financial aid to students in bachelor's and master's programs whose graduates can't be shown to be better off financially with a theological degree:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2...financial-aid-earnings-test-regulation-trump/
https://baptistnews.com/article/christian-schools-endangered-by-new-trump-rule/
"The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that could devastate Christian higher education by tying student loans to the earning potential of degree programs."
"If postsecondary education programs do not leave graduates better off, taxpayers should not subsidize them,” said Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent."
"But leaders in Christian higher education warn the earnings metric required...could ravage programs that produce pastors....'It’s an existential threat to the future of religious higher education in the U.S. — I don’t think that’s an overstatement,” said Philip Dearborn, head of the Association for Biblical Higher Education...'It came out of left field'."
"'Financial outcomes matter, but they don’t totally measure whether an education is worthwhile,' said David Hoag, president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities."
"Frank Yamada, head of the Association of Theological Schools, led a recent webinar warning ATS member schools of the looming rule."
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2...financial-aid-earnings-test-regulation-trump/
https://baptistnews.com/article/christian-schools-endangered-by-new-trump-rule/
"The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that could devastate Christian higher education by tying student loans to the earning potential of degree programs."
"If postsecondary education programs do not leave graduates better off, taxpayers should not subsidize them,” said Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent."
"But leaders in Christian higher education warn the earnings metric required...could ravage programs that produce pastors....'It’s an existential threat to the future of religious higher education in the U.S. — I don’t think that’s an overstatement,” said Philip Dearborn, head of the Association for Biblical Higher Education...'It came out of left field'."
"'Financial outcomes matter, but they don’t totally measure whether an education is worthwhile,' said David Hoag, president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities."
"Frank Yamada, head of the Association of Theological Schools, led a recent webinar warning ATS member schools of the looming rule."
