{"id":6317,"date":"2012-08-01T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-mikulski-harkin-bill-would-stop-colleges-from-peddling-worthless-degrees-legislation-would-cut-off-financial-aid-for-unaccredited-programs\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:42","slug":"merkley-mikulski-harkin-bill-would-stop-colleges-from-peddling-worthless-degrees-legislation-would-cut-off-financial-aid-for-unaccredited-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-mikulski-harkin-bill-would-stop-colleges-from-peddling-worthless-degrees-legislation-would-cut-off-financial-aid-for-unaccredited-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Proyecto de ley de Merkley, Mikulski y Harkin evitar\u00eda que las universidades vendan t\u00edtulos sin valor La legislaci\u00f3n eliminar\u00eda la ayuda financiera para programas no acreditados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Hoy, el senador Jeff Merkley de Oreg\u00f3n y los senadores Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) y Tom Harkin (D-IA) presentaron la Ley de Protecci\u00f3n a los Estudiantes contra T\u00edtulos Sin Valor para hacer m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil que las universidades acepten el dinero de los estudiantes y de los contribuyentes. para programas de grado no acreditados y sin licencia que dejan a los graduados incapaces de trabajar en sus campos de estudio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bajo un vac\u00edo legal en las leyes federales de ayuda financiera, las escuelas que est\u00e1n acreditadas institucionalmente pueden ofrecer programas individuales que carecen de licencia estatal o acreditaci\u00f3n program\u00e1tica, incluso cuando son necesarios para que sus graduados ingresen a la ocupaci\u00f3n para la que fueron preparados. Los estudiantes ingresan a estos programas creyendo que se est\u00e1n preparando para un trabajo en ese campo, s\u00f3lo para descubrir despu\u00e9s de graduarse, a menudo con grandes deudas, que no est\u00e1n calificados para trabajar en ese campo o tomar un examen ocupacional. La Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de Estudiantes contra T\u00edtulos Sin Valor requerir\u00eda que los programas ofrecidos por las instituciones cumplan con los requisitos de licencia estatal y acreditaci\u00f3n program\u00e1tica que sean necesarios para ingresar a una ocupaci\u00f3n a fin de recibir matr\u00edcula financiada por los contribuyentes, como las Becas Pell, los Pr\u00e9stamos Stafford, los beneficios de la Ley GI o Fondos de asistencia de matr\u00edcula del Departamento de Defensa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLa educaci\u00f3n superior deber\u00eda ser un camino hacia el sue\u00f1o americano, pero ese sue\u00f1o se hace a\u00f1icos si cuando los estudiantes se grad\u00faan descubren que sus t\u00edtulos no valen nada\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cUna universidad que pretende preparar a un estudiante para un trabajo espec\u00edfico deber\u00eda tener la acreditaci\u00f3n necesaria para que esos t\u00edtulos realmente valgan algo en el mercado laboral. Es de sentido com\u00fan decir que los contribuyentes no tienen cabida en financiar programas que perjudican a los estudiantes m\u00e1s de lo que ayudan\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Estoy a favor de las opciones y las oportunidades en la educaci\u00f3n superior, pero no podemos ser facilitadores de la deuda sin empoderarnos&quot;, dijo el Senador Mikulski. \u201cEs espantoso que las escuelas proporcionen a los estudiantes t\u00edtulos sin valor y dejen a las familias enterradas bajo deudas. Est\u00e1 mal que las familias y el gobierno federal inviertan en educaci\u00f3n superior y se queden sin nada que mostrar a cambio. Estoy copatrocinando la Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de Estudiantes contra T\u00edtulos Sin Valor para garantizar que los programas de educaci\u00f3n superior cumplan con los requisitos de acreditaci\u00f3n o licencia para que cuando los estudiantes se grad\u00faen est\u00e9n calificados para ser contratados para el trabajo para el que se han preparado\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;La mayor\u00eda de los estadounidenses se indignar\u00edan al saber que el dinero de sus impuestos se destina a programas educativos que no cumplen con los requisitos b\u00e1sicos necesarios para que sus graduados ingresen a la profesi\u00f3n elegida&quot;, dijo Harkin. \u201cSimplemente no tiene sentido que los estudiantes desperdicien su ayuda financiera federal y que los veteranos utilicen los beneficios educativos que tanto les cost\u00f3 ganar para asistir a una escuela que ofrece t\u00edtulos sin valor. Esta legislaci\u00f3n ayudar\u00e1 a garantizar que los estudiantes se grad\u00faen con las calificaciones necesarias para encontrar un trabajo en el campo que estudiaron\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Los programas no acreditados, muchos de los cuales son ofrecidos por instituciones con fines de lucro, a menudo prometen preparar a los estudiantes para carreras muy espec\u00edficas, como trabajos de asistente o t\u00e9cnico en campos m\u00e9dicos. Pero en muchos estados, los estudiantes no pueden ser empleados en estos trabajos sin un t\u00edtulo debidamente acreditado, por lo que los estudiantes deben endeudarse a\u00fan m\u00e1s y completar un segundo t\u00edtulo para ser realmente elegibles para los trabajos. Los veteranos con beneficios GI Bill son particularmente objetivos de estos programas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de Estudiantes contra T\u00edtulos Sin Valor cuenta con el respaldo de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Oficiales Militares de Estados Unidos, los Veteranos de Estados Unidos de Irak y Afganist\u00e1n (IAVA), los Veteranos de Estudiantes de Estados Unidos, los Veteranos de Vietnam de Estados Unidos y el Centro Nacional de Derecho del Consumidor en nombre de sus miembros de bajos ingresos. clientes, Campus Progress, Education Trust, el Instituto para el Acceso y el \u00c9xito de la Universidad, la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Consejer\u00eda de Admisi\u00f3n a la Universidad y Young Invincibles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A principios de esta semana, el senador Harkin, presidente del Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Salud, Educaci\u00f3n, Trabajo y Pensiones (HELP), dio a conocer un amplio informe sobre las pr\u00e1cticas de las universidades con fines de lucro. El informe encontr\u00f3 problemas generalizados en algunas universidades con fines de lucro, que apuntan espec\u00edficamente al apoyo a la matr\u00edcula financiado por los contribuyentes. Puede encontrar un resumen de las conclusiones del informe aqu\u00ed&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.help.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press\/release\/?id=45c8ca2a-b290-47ab-b452-74d6e6bdb9dd&amp;groups=Chair\">http:\/\/www.help.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press\/release\/?id=45c8ca2a-b290-47ab-b452-74d6e6bdb9dd&amp;groups=Chair<\/a>&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &ndash; Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act to make it more difficult for colleges to take students&rsquo; and taxpayers&rsquo; dollars for unaccredited and unlicensed degree programs that leave graduates unable to work in their fields of study.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-6317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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