Legislation / Advocacy

California AG Amends Lawsuit on Delayed Processing of Borrower Defense Claims

California AG Amends Lawsuit on Delayed Processing of Borrower Defense Claims

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced last week, just three days after the Department of Education (ED) released proposed regulations for borrower defense to repayment, that the state had amended an existing lawsuit to establish that the state had […]

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Federal Register: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Federal Register: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Federal Register A Proposed Rule by the Education Department on 07/31/2018 Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to create Institutional Accountability regulations […]

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Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum An enduring tension in federal higher education policy making is the balancing act between protecting students and taxpayers on the one hand and allowing for innovative instruction and business models on the other. New administrations typically emphasize one over the other, swinging the policy […]

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Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.

Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.

Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman In its latest move to unmake policies and regulations, many of them put in place under President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday a new round of rulemaking on more than a dozen topics, most notably accreditation. The department will consider issues […]

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Department of Education Extends Deadline to Respond to ACICS Petition for Continued Recognition

Department of Education Extends Deadline to Respond to ACICS Petition for Continued Recognition

Accredited Council for Independent Colleges and Schools Department of Education Extends Deadline to Respond to ACICS Petition for Continued Recognition On July 30, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) received notification from the Department of Education that it will extend the deadline to respond to ACICS’s petition […]

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Income Share Agreements Gaining Ground in Higher Ed

Income Share Agreements Gaining Ground in Higher Ed

Education Dive Dive Brief: Income share agreements, where institutions help students pay for tuition so long as the borrower gives up a certain percentage of income following graduation to pay back the costs, are gaining traction within the industry. Purdue University led the trend in 2016, with its “Back A Boiler” […]

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DeVos to Announce New Push for Deregulation, Innovation

DeVos to Announce New Push for Deregulation, Innovation

Inside Higher Ed by Andrea Kreighbaum The Trump administration says it wants more innovation in higher education. And it believes rewriting the rules for college accrediting agencies is the best way to encourage innovation. In an exclusive interview with Inside Higher Ed, the administration’s top higher education official described the philosophy […]

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DeVos Plans to Ax Gainful-Employment Rule, Which Targeted For-Profit Colleges

DeVos Plans to Ax Gainful-Employment Rule, Which Targeted For-Profit Colleges

Chronicle of Higher Education by Andy Thomason The Education Department plans to repeal the gainful-employment rule, which sought to punish higher-education programs whose graduates bear a high level of student-loan debt, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.Experts had predicted that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, aimed to weaken […]

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