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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

__________________________________________

CAREER COLLEGE ASSOCIATION d/b/a )

ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR )

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, )

) Civil Action No.

 Plaintiff, ) 1:11-cv-01314 JEB

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 v. )

)

ARNE DUNCAN, in his official capacity as )

Secretary of the Department of Education, and )

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, )

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 Defendants. )

__________________________________________ )

Department of Education

34 C.F.R. Parts 600, 668

Program Integrity Issues, Gainful Employment – Debt Measures; Final Rule

Docket No. ED-2010-OPE-0012, June 13, 2011

Program Integrity Issues, Gainful Employment – New Programs; Final Rule

Docket No. ED-2010-OPE-0012, October 29, 2010

Program Integrity Issues; Final Rule

Docket No. ED-2010-OPE-0004, October 29, 2010

Administrative Record Index

Gainful Employment – Debt Measures Final Rule: June 13, 2011 ...........................................1

Paperwork Submission and Approval..........................................................................................156

Program Integrity Final Rules – Correction: April 13, 2011.......................................................210

Program Integrity: Gainful Employment – New Programs Final Rule: 

Oct. 29, 2010 ...................................................................................................................213

Program Integrity Final Rule: Oct. 29, 2010...........................................................................226

Paperwork for Oct. 29, 2010 Final Rule ......................................................................................371

Program Integrity Web Page........................................................................................................397

Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: April 13, 2011 .........................................400

Notice of Public Meeting Sessions: Oct. 18, 2010 ......................................................................503
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Gainful Employment – Debt Measures Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 

July 26, 2010 ...................................................................................................................505

Program Integrity Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: June 18, 2010 .....................................599

Notice of Establishment of Rulemaking Committees and Notice of Public Hearings................685

Overview: OMB Meetings on Program Integrity – Gainful Employment Measures..................687

OMB Meetings on PI, GE Measures; May 9, 18, 2011.............................................................688

Dear Colleague – Gainful Employment; April 20, 2011 .............................................................873

Final List of Private Meetings on Gainful Employment..............................................................880

Public Hearing on Gainful Employment; Nov. 5, 2010...............................................................898

Public Hearing on Gainful Employment; Nov. 4, 2010.............................................................1111

OMB Meetings on Gainful Employment; Oct. 21 - 25, 2010 ...................................................1305

Program Integrity Team Organizational Protocols....................................................................1341

Program Integrity Issue Papers – Session Three........................................................................1345

HEOA Negotiated Rulemaking Meeting 

Three Issues and Meeting Summary; Jan. 25 - 29, 2010...............................................1356

Program Integrity Issue Papers – Session Two..........................................................................1359

HEOA Negotiated Rulemaking Meeting Two Summary; Dec. 7 - 11, 2009 ............................1362

Program Integrity Issue Papers – Session One ..........................................................................1366

HEOA Negotiated Rulemaking Meeting One Summary; Nov. 2 - 6, 2009 ..............................1367

Regression Analysis Data ......................................................................................................1370a

OPE Public Hearing; June 22, 2009 ..........................................................................................1371

OPE Public Hearing; June 18, 2009 ..........................................................................................1605

OPE Public Hearing; June 15, 2009 ..........................................................................................1748

Conference Call – Deputy Undersecretary Robert Shireman 

with analysts – May 29, 2009 ........................................................................................1852

Conference Call – Deputy Undersecretary Robert Shireman 

with Higher Education Community – May 29, 2009.....................................................1866

Documents Cited in June 13, 2011 Final Rule.......................................................................1882

Department of Education, FY 2002 Performance and Accountability Report ..........................1883

US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions,

National Bureau of Economic Research, Sept. 9, 2010.................................................2121

National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Estimates of Student Financial Aid, 

1989-90 ..........................................................................................................................2123
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FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare 

Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid, GAO 11-4 (Oct. 2010).......2185

Proprietary School 90/10 Revenue Percentages from Financial Statements with 

Fiscal Year Ending Dates between 7/1/08 and 6/30/09.................................................2246

Social Security Administration Information Quality Guidelines...............................................2314

Christopher Avery, Thomas Kane, Student Perceptions of College Opportunities, 

The Boston COACH Program, National Bureau of Econ. Research, 2004...................2321

C. Anthony Broh, Dana Ansel, Planning for College: A Consumer Approach to the

Higher Education Marketplace, Mass. Inst. New Comm., Feb. 2010...........................2362

Tuition and Fee and Room and Board Charges, 2010-11, College Board................................2384

Trends in Student Financing of Undergraduate Education, 95-96 & 07-08,

National Center for Education Statistics........................................................................2385

Jacob P. K. Gross, Osman Cekic, Don Hossler, and Nick Hillman, What Matters

in Student Loan Default: A Review of the Research Literature, Journal of Student

Financial Aid (NASFAA), Nov. 2009 ...........................................................................2465

Lance Lochner, Alexandra Monge-Naranjo, Education and Default Incentives 

with Government Student Loan Programs, Dec. 2003 ..................................................2476

Robin McMillion, Student Loan Default Literature Review, Texas Guaranty 

Research and Analytical Services, Dec. 22, 2004 .........................................................2508

FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES: Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud 

and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practices, 

GAO 10-948T (August 2010)........................................................................................2529

Bridget Terry Long, Grading Higher Education, Center for American Progress,

Dec. 2010 .......................................................................................................................2560

Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States Fall 2009,

National Center for Education Statistics........................................................................2594

Jonathan Guryan, Mathew Thompson, Report on Gainful Employment, 

Charles River Associates, Sept. 9, 2010 ........................................................................2643

Roger Brinner, Assessment of Missouri Estimate of Impact,

The Parthenon Group, Sept. 9, 2010..............................................................................2689

Deutsche Bank, Post 3Q Update on PE Drivers and Gainful Employment,

Nov. 12, 2010.................................................................................................................2706

Julie Margetta Morgan, Ellen, Marie Whelan, Profiting from Health Care: 

The Role of For-Profit Schools in Training the Health Care Workforce, 

Center for American Progress, Jan. 20, 2011 ................................................................2744

Frontline Interview with Mark DeFusco....................................................................................2748

Frontline Interview with Jeffrey M. Silber ................................................................................2772
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Andrea Sykes, Calculating Job Placement Rates under GE Regulations, Feb. 2011 ..............2794

California Barbering and Cosmetology Examination Results...................................................2814

National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Table of Pass Rates 2010..................................2818

Bureau of Labor Statistics Results from a Longitudinal Survey ...............................................2819

Department of Education, Application for Approval to Participate in the Federal 

Student Aid Programs....................................................................................................2873

Document cited in October 29, 2010 Final Rule....................................................................3097

FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES: Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged 

Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing,

GAO 10-948T (August 2010)........................................................................................3098

Documents Cited in July 26, 2010 NPRM ............................................................................3129

1993/03 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, National Center for 

Education Statistics, Nov. 2004.....................................................................................3130

Trends in Student Aid 2009, College Board...............................................................................3438

Department of Health and Human Services: 2011 Poverty Guidelines.....................................3468

Bureau of Labor Statistics – Standard Occupational Classification System, 

list of occupations..........................................................................................................3471

Dealing With Debt - 1992-93 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Ten Years Later, National 

Center for Education Statistics.......................................................................................3496

Pinyo, Retirement Savings versus Student Loans, Moolanomy, Aug. 19, 2008........................3590

Sandy Baum, Diane Saunders, Life After Debt: Results of the National Student 

Loan Survey, Nellie Mae, Feb. 1998..............................................................................3597

House Examines Use of Credit Information in Employment, Society for 

Human Resources Management, May 14, 2010 ............................................................3655

Jonathan Guryan, Mathew Thompson, Report of Gainful Employment,

Charles River Associates, March 28, 2010....................................................................3657

Mark Kantrowitz, What is Gainful Employment? What is Affordable Debt?

March 11, 2010 ..............................................................................................................3663

Richard Posner, The Controversy over For-Profit Colleges, June 20, 2010 .............................3687

Department of Education, Application For Approval to Participate in Federal Student

Financial Aid Programs ................................................................................................3698

Ohio State Student Financial Aid, Planning for Debt................................................................3743

S&P 500 Long, Term Average Operating Margins –

Phil Martin from J.P. Morgan, June 7, 2010..................................................................3746

Susan P. Choy, Debt Burden Four Years Later, National Center for Education Statistics

(excerpt) (Aug. 2000).....................................................................................................3753
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Bureau of Labor Statistics – wages............................................................................................3756

Analysis and Additional Data for July 26, 2010 NPRM ..........................................................3934

Repayment Rate Data: FAQs.....................................................................................................3936

Defining Gainful Employment: General Overview...................................................................3941

Frequently Asked Questions......................................................................................................3945

Gainful Employment Analysis, Missouri Methodological Notes............................................3958

Public Career Education Programs Differ From Private Programs on Their Admission 

Requirements, Costs, Financial Aid Availability, and Student Outcomes, Florida State 

Legislature, Office of Policy Analysis & Government Accountability, 

Report No. 10-18, Jan. 2010 ..........................................................................................3966

Gainful Employment: Description of Effects Model.................................................................3988

Sandy Baum, Saul Schwartz, How Much Debt Is Too Much? Defining Benchmarks

for Manageable Student Debt, College Board, 2006.....................................................4000

Debt Burden: Repaying Student Debt, American Council on Education, 2004 ........................4020

Data Used to Model the Effects of the Gainful Employment NPRM................................4031a

Public Comments Received on Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking ......................................4032

Public Comments Received Regarding Gainful Employment Provisions 

of June 18, 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ........................................................4931

Public Comments Received in Response to Gainful Employment Debt Measures

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking July 26, 2010 .............................................................8457

Other Material ....................................................................................................................152970

Other Data and Analysis