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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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Private California colleges admitted students who didn’t meet requirements

Private California colleges admitted students who didn’t meet requirements

ED Source Mallika Seshadri August 7, 2023 Over the past four years, the University of Southern California, Pepperdine University and Vanguard University admitted students who had donor or alumni connections but failed to meet minimum admissions requirements, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. USC admitted eight students who did not meet admission […]

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New Guidance Directs Accreditors to Clean Up Complaint Policies

New Guidance Directs Accreditors to Clean Up Complaint Policies

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott August 9, 2023 In new guidance released Tuesday, the U.S. Education Department clarified how college accrediting agencies should handle complaints about institutions. The department wrote in the guidance that it would take into account a number of factors in determining whether the agencies review complaints in […]

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Federal Court Blocks Student Debt Forgiveness for Defrauded Borrowers

Federal Court Blocks Student Debt Forgiveness for Defrauded Borrowers

Best Colleges Matthew Arrojas August 8, 2023 The Biden administration’s borrower defense rule made it easier for former students to have their student loans forgiven. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has put it on hold pending appeal. The Department of Education’s new borrower defense rule took […]

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Minimum Wages Rise, 2-Year Enrollments Fall

Minimum Wages Rise, 2-Year Enrollments Fall

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman August 8, 2023 Community college enrollments decline in response to state-level minimum wage increases, according to a new working paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research Monday. However, minimum wage changes had little effect on degree attainment, the paper said. The study detailed in […]

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