EdSource.org Tens of thousands of online California students are no longer at risk of losing federal financial aid after the state moved quickly to create a new system for addressing complaints from students against out-of-state colleges and universities. At least 60,000 Californians were affected by a new federal rule, which the […]
Career.org Career Education Colleges and Universities announced today that its member institutions have achieved a 59% graduation rate! In making the announcement, CECU’s president Steve Gunderson shared that over 500 campuses produced over 52,346 graduations in 2018. “Outcomes matter,” he said. “When Members of Congress referenced a GAO Report stating […]
Duane Morris The 2016 State Authorization Rule requires that states have a process for resolving complaints against out-of-state schools in the state in which the student resides and the home state where the institution’s main campus is located. We reported earlier this week on the U.S. Department of Education’s July 22, 2019, announcement, which […]
BY ADOLFO GUZMAN-LOPEZ IN NEWS ON AUGUST 6, 2019 6:00 AM There’s a for-profit college in Huntington Park that’s going to shut down soon. Was it defrauding students? Did it lose its accreditation? Was it some other scandal that makes for big splashy headlines? None of the above. It’s for reasons that happen all the time but […]
Mondaq Last Updated: July 24 2019 Article by Elizabeth B. Meers and Michelle Tellock In late May the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced several changes to its College Scorecard, a tool that is intended to help students and their families make informed decisions about postsecondary enrollment. Then, in July – in a final rule in […]
JDSupra The United States Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) recently issued a Compliance Supplement for 2019 that includes, for the first time, audit objectives for colleges and universities concerning compliance with the Safeguards Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). The 2019 Compliance Supplement, which is effective for audits of […]
MiltaryTimes.com By George Altman The number of service members using military tuition assistance benefits declined again in fiscal 2018, continuing the trend in recent years of fewer troops taking college courses. Overall, the number of troops using tuition assistance across all five services fell 2.5 percent, from about 239,200 in […]
IFAP.ed.gov Posted Date: July 23, 2019 Author: Office of Postsecondary Education Subject: Checking the Validity of a Student’s High School Completion This Electronic Announcement provides clarification regarding the role that institutions have in checking the validity of a student’s high school completion as required under 34 CFR 668.16(p). Final regulations […]
Inside Higher Ed By Doug Lederman For years, the U.S. Education Department (over two administrations) has battled with states, college leaders and consumer advocates over rules requiring institutions operating online to secure approval from each state in which they intend to enroll students. The issue has often seemed arcane and the […]
Duane Morris July 23, 2019 The 2016 State Authorization Rule went into effect May 26, 2019, after the Department lost a challenge to its delay of the rule in federal court. The U.S. Department of Education on July 22, 2019, clarified that the 2016 State Authorization Rule, which applies to online […]