A Federal Rule Bedevils Online Institutions

Congress may change the law, but not everyone thinks that is a good idea

By DAN CARNEVALE

Slidell, La.

When Congress decided to crack down on fraudulent correspondence-course programs a decade ago, the laws it wrote seemed well tailored to the problem at hand. But one of those laws, known as the 50-percent rule, has some online institutions in a bind because...

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