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Department of Education Rule Package in Final Stages Before Adoption

Department of Education Rule Package in Final Stages Before Adoption

Duane Morris August 22, 2023 On August 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education sent the gainful employment and financial value transparency rule package to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget. The proposed rules broadly apply to all eligible programs and […]

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Feds Complicate College Mergers, With Possible Unintended Consequences

Feds Complicate College Mergers, With Possible Unintended Consequences

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott August 21, 2023 At a time when mergers might help more institutions survive, new rules from the Education Department—aimed at protecting students and taxpayers—might result in more college closures instead. The latest academic year saw the start of what industry experts expect to be an […]

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Generative AI presents challenges, opportunities for higher education

Generative AI presents challenges, opportunities for higher education

Atlanta Business Chronicle  James Ritchie August 22, 2023 As artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT hit the mainstream earlier this year, challenges arose in the education field. One dominant concern about the technology, which can answer questions and generate text responses almost instantaneously, was that it could be used to […]

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What Do “Gainful Employment” Regulations Accomplish?

What Do “Gainful Employment” Regulations Accomplish?

The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal  Andrew Gillen August 18, 2023 Funding-eligibility tests can do real good if used universally, not selectively. The Biden administration will soon implement a set of regulations that are commonly known as “Gainful Employment.” These regulations would restrict some college programs’ eligibility to […]

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Pending EO 12866 Regulatory Review

Pending EO 12866 Regulatory Review

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs August 16, 2023 RIN: 1840-AD57         View EO 12866 Meetings Request EO Meeting Received Date: 08/16/2023 Title: Gainful Employment  Agency/Subagency: ED / OPE Stage: Final Rule Legal Deadline: None Section 3(f)(1) Significant: No International Impacts: No Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]: No Pandemic Response: No Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. […]

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Federal Court Blocks $20 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness

Federal Court Blocks $20 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness

Reason  Emma Camp August 10, 2023 The injunction is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness agenda. A federal court has blocked Biden administration rules that would have provided almost $20 billion in student loan forgiveness, primarily to students who attended colleges that defrauded […]

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