NASFAA Owen Daugherty March 23, 2022 NASFAA last week joined a letter along with more than a dozen organizations raising concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recent announcement of key changes to the 85-15 rule, specifically changes in the requirements for a 35% exemption. The letter, addressed to chairs and […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz March 21, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education reached consensus last week with higher education sector representatives on a proposal for a revamped 90/10 rule. The rule prohibits for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90% of their revenue from federal student aid. Representatives […]
CECU March 22, 2022 CECU has learned that the U.S. Department of Education will announce an initiative tomorrow morning to ensure that companies that own higher education institutions that close or owe other liabilities to the federal government are held responsible. We have heard that the Department is not focused […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz March 18, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education failed to reach agreement this week with key higher education representatives on the Biden administration’s proposals for several new regulations, including those that would heavily affect the for-profit sector and monitoring of colleges’ financial health. […]
CECU March 18, 2022 Arlington, VA – Today marks the end of the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility. As part of this rulemaking, the Department proposed modifying regulations on the 90/10 rule, resurrecting the Gainful Employment regulations, and changes to various other regulations under […]
The Fresno Bee Tim Sheehan March 14, 2022 Inside a large hangar on the grounds of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport, students in the San Joaquin Valley College aviation maintenance technology program learn about the nuts and bolts – literally – of taking care of aircraft engines and airplanes. There […]
Real Clear Education Andrew Gillen March 17, 2022 This week marks the final round of the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking session addressing the critical issue of accountability in higher education. One of the issues under consideration is the Gainful Employment Rule, an Obama-era regulation that sought to strengthen […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman March 18, 2022 The Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy organization focused on student debt, released a report Thursday that examines the levels of institutional debt accrued by California students during the pandemic. The center estimates that 373,025 students across California’s public higher education systems incurred about […]
Federal Student Aid March 16, 2022 Office of Enforcement ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID GENERAL-22-14 SUBJECT FSA Enforcement Bulletin, March 2022 – Substantial Misrepresentations When Recruiting Servicemembers and Veterans The U.S. Department of Education (Department) enforces the requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) intended to curb deceptive recruitment and enrollment practices. […]
NC SARA SARA CALL TO ACTION: NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING LANGUAGE THREATENS SARA’S GAINS The final week of the Department of Education’s Negotiated Rulemaking process for 2022 is March 14-18, 2022. Issue Paper #6 (Certification Procedures), to be discussed by the committee, includes language that would directly impact and drastically limit the application of SARA. […]