administration says much of the trillion dollars in student loan debt has been accumulated by students attiat at career colleges. federal dollars provide up to 90% of the revenue at some of the training schools. >> when that opportunity is leading to massive debt, the opportunity is leading to massive default rates, that's not opportunity any of us can be proud of. that's not fair to people trying to climb the economic ladder, not fair to taxpayers and frankly it's abusive. >> reporter: new gainful employment proposals from the department of education would penalize career-oriented programs that produce graduates without training needed to find a job with a salary that will allow them to pay off their debt. schools for profit or not that don't comply would lose access to federal aid programs, currently about $30 billion a year. >> we want to see good actors, great programs grow and expand and serve more folks. but where the wrong thing is happening for both people and tax pays. >> reporter: the administration proposals drew a sharp reaction from the association of private colleges and univers