Nassirian said the 45 percent repayment threshold was too low.
“Forty-five percent repayment makes you golden,” Nassirian said. “In what line of work would 45 percent of repayment be a reasonable measure of market success?”
Diverse asked Kvaal whether the Department of Education had examined the characteristics of subgroups of graduates within the for-profit sector in order to gain more insight into which kinds of students at for-profit colleges, older or younger, minority or White, are finding gainful employment and which students are not.
Kvaal said the Education Department had not examined the data to that extent but suggested, as he did to several others who asked similar questions throughout the discussion, to use the department’s public comment process to raise the issue.
“I should have brought a sign that said, ‘Make public comments,’” Kvaal said.
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