AP News Cora Lewis and Adriana Morga NEW YORK (AP) — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on student loan payments will end soon. Student loan interest will start accruing on September 1 and payments are starting in October. It might seem tempting to just keep not making payments, but the consequences […]
The FREOPP.org Substack Preston Cooper June 10, 2023 Also: Explaining the Gainful Employment rule, and resuming student loan payments (for real this time). Welcome to The Tassel, FREOPP’s newsletter on higher education policy, written by senior fellow Preston Cooper. Each month, The Tassel dives into our latest work on higher education, along with a handpicked selection […]
Committee on Oversight and Accountability June 12, 2023 Announces hearing to examine the Biden Administration’s red tape assault on America’s economy WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Death by a Thousand Regulations: The Biden Administration’s Campaign to Bury America […]
Cooley ED Nancy Anderson, Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby June 6, 2023 The Department of Education published a substantial NPRM on May 19, which includes a new iteration of the Gainful Employment rules. More than a year after the Department of Education (ED) completed its negotiated rulemaking covering an array of […]
Duane Morris June 6, 2023 On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a package of proposed rule changes addressing financial value transparency (FVT) and gainful employment (GE), financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures and ability to benefit (ATB). […]
On Ed Tech Phil Hill June 5, 2023 Last month I published two posts showing that there is a coalition sharing common funding from a single family that made its initial fortune at Enron, and that this coalition is at the center of efforts to rein in Online Program Management (OPM) companies. In […]
Insider Ayelet Sheffey June 4, 2023 Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has confirmed student-loan payments will resume this year. The resumption risks jeopardizing the post-pandemic economic recovery and straining consumers’ wallets. The impacts could worsen if the Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s broad student-debt relief. Student-loan payments are resuming this year. […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz June 5, 2023 Although the newest figures suggest enrollment losses are stabilizing, a deeper look reveals a more complicated picture. The most recent enrollment figures from the spring 2023 term have brought colleges and universities good news — the steep losses seen throughout the coronavirus […]
San Francisco Chronicle Nanette Asimov June 2, 2023 Nobody knows how much money the fraudsters have managed to grab by impersonating enrollees. Months after a mysterious check for $1,400 landed in Richard Valicenti’s mailbox last summer, the U.S. Department of Education notified him that the money was a mistake — an […]
CECU – Career Education Colleges and Universities May 31, 2023 This update pertains to the ongoing litigation over the Biden administration’s final BDR rule. For more information about this rule, CECU members can access case-related information and media coverage here. Today in a Western District of Texas courtroom, Judge Robert Pitman […]