Link: https://newrepublic.com/post/213446/trump-litmus-tests-student-loans-degrees-income

The Education Department intends to use IRS data to determine students’ salaries four years after they graduate and compare them to those of people similar in age who just have high school diplomas. If they’re below that baseline, that degree will be ineligible for loans.

“We need social workers,” American Council on Education Ted Mitchell told the Times. “Whether it’s the fentanyl epidemic or homelessness in L.A., we need people who can work on the street with people who need it the most.”

That means from a four year degree you would need to be making what someone who has been working for eights years would make. Many college careers start out less than a tradesman level of salary. Some careers mentioned, like social work, may never pay as much as the private sector.

Lumping poorly paid helping professional in with supposedly "worthless" degrees like liberal arts is pretty bizarre. This seems to be a decision being made by a narrow minded person with an extreme amount of hubris. What could possibly go wrong?