News

NASFAA Neg Reg Day 4: Negotiators Debate Proposals on Alternate Earnings Appeals Process, Certain Disclosure Requirements, Institutional Reporting By Joelle Fredman, Communications Staff Higher education stakeholders gathered Thursday for the last time this month to rewrite the federal regulations of gainful employment (GE), which they will pick up again during […]

Quartz The first experiment was a failure. In the 1970s, Yale University offered tuition to a group of students in exchange for a percentage of their future incomes. Adapting a 1955 idea by economist Milton Friedman to sell “human capital investments,” the university paid the students’ tuition. In return, the university hoped […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education Reforms That Will Stand the Test of Time By Steve Gunderson FEBRUARY 08, 2018 When Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. was named president of Purdue University in 2013, I sent him an email saying, “Welcome to the revolution!” My email explained that higher education is changing in […]

NASFAA Final Rules on State Authorization of Distance Education Become Effective July 1, 2018 By Jill Desjean, Policy & Federal Relations Staff In December 2016, the Department of Education (ED) published final rules relating to state authorization of distance education. Master calendar requirements in the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as […]

NASFAA Neg Reg Day 3: Closed Caucus Comes to Tentative Agreement on Some GE Proposals By Joelle Fredman, Communications Staff After a two-hour weather delay followed by a three-hour caucus closed to the public, negotiators finally came to a tentative agreement Wednesday on some of the Department of Education’s (ED) […]

Inside Higher Ed Education Department to Propose Compromise in Borrower-Defense Negotiations By Andrew Kreighbaum February 8, 2018  As part of the ongoing negotiations over a student loan forgiveness rule, the Trump administration is proposing a change to evidentiary standards for debt relief claims that would be a compromise between the positions […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education DeVos’s Education Dept. Relaxed Rules for For-Profits Under Accreditor That Closed By Adam Harris FEBRUARY 07, 2018 The U.S. Education Department has relaxed requirements for for-profit colleges that obtained accreditation through an agency that lost its federal recognition under the Obama administration. As a controversial accreditor […]

Inside Higher Ed Department of Education Publishes List of Active Civil Rights Investigations By Andrew Kreighbaum January 18, 2018 The Department of Education on Wednesday published a searchable database of all active civil rights investigations that will be updated monthly by the department. The list includes the institution under investigation, its state, the […]

Education Week Betsy DeVos: A One-Year Progress Report U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos faced a steep learning curve and the aftershocks of a fierce confirmation battle when she took the helm of the Education Department last February. —Alex Brandon/AP   By Alyson Klein February 6, 2018 U.S. Secretary of Education […]