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What Does Higher Ed Have to Say About the Proposed Title IX Rules?

What Does Higher Ed Have to Say About the Proposed Title IX Rules?

The Chronicle of Higher Education By Sarah Brown The Education Department’s proposed regulations on Title IX, the federal gender-equity law, would provide colleges with some long-sought flexibility when responding to sexual-misconduct reports — but would make campus disciplinary proceedings far too legalistic and burdensome. That’s according to the public comments, […]

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Ed Dept. ‘not wedded’ to its proposed accreditation rules

Ed Dept. ‘not wedded’ to its proposed accreditation rules

Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee The Education Department is “not wedded” to the language it issued in proposed regulations being debated in an ongoing negotiated rulemaking process, Diane Auer Jones, the department’s principal deputy under secretary, told an audience of accreditation professionals in Washington on Tuesday. “Clearly we came to the table with some […]

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An E-signature Wins Again: Student Bound by Arbitration Signed Agreement Electronically

An E-signature Wins Again: Student Bound by Arbitration Signed Agreement Electronically

Lexology January 22 2019 A new Third Circuit decision applied existing law in a straightforward way to require a disgruntled customer of a for-profit university to arbitrate claims, providing another illustration of an effective way to obtain valid agreements, including arbitration agreements, electronically. On January 10, the Third Circuit upheld […]

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Former EDMC Campuses Bought by Private Investors

Former EDMC Campuses Bought by Private Investors

Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith January 24, 2019 The breakup and possible collapse of some Art Institutes, South and Argosy Universities campuses, all chains owned previously by Education Management Corporation, have generated criticism about a lack of transparency and worries among students and staff members about whether the […]

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How buying the Art Institutes brought Dream Center to the brink of collapse

How buying the Art Institutes brought Dream Center to the brink of collapse

Education Dive Court filings blame revenue tens of millions of dollars short of what its previous owner projected. By Ben Unglesbee January 23, 2019 Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH) went into receivership last week, shortly after making a deal to transfer control of most of the remaining campuses in the Art Institutes chain. The […]

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Rethinking State Authorization, Again

Rethinking State Authorization, Again

Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Education is contemplating going back to the drawing board on complex rules governing authority to operate online programs in multiple states. By Lindsay McKenzie January 23, 2019 Controversial regulations requiring online institutions to be authorized to operate in multiple states were up for debate […]

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