Schools that train hairstylists, dental assistants and health aides will be able to keep getting federal student loan dollars even if the professionals they turn out don’t end up earning any more than a high school graduate. That’s because programs like those, which don’t end in a college degree, were granted an exemption from new […] The post So you went to trade school. Do you out-earn high school grads in your state? appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Remiah Ward’s shift at the SmartStyle salon inside Walmart was almost over, and she’d barely made $30 in tips from the haircuts she’d done that day. It wasn’t unusual — a year after her graduation from beauty school, tips plus minimum wage weren’t enough to cover her rent. She scarcely had time to eat […] The post Congress exempted beauty schools from rules about how much graduates should earn appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report