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Breaking News: Federal Appeals Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Biden Administration Borrower Defense Rule

Career Education Colleges and Universities August 7, 2023 Moments ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order postponing the July 1, 2023, effective date of the Biden administration’s borrower defense to repayment and closed school loan discharge regulations. Unlike the previous stay, which applied only to educational institutions that are members of Career […]

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Cal State 2025 Graduation Rate Goals Lagging

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman August 4, 2023 The California State University system’s graduation rates have markedly improved, but significant equity gaps remain, according to a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based research and policy advocacy organization. The report noted that the system is falling short on three of four graduation rate […]

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Kick the bipartisan addiction to higher education accountability metrics

Washington Examiner Michael Brickman August 3, 2023 Conventionally, Democrats have an aversion to the idea of boiling everything that happens in K-12 education down to a simple metric that can be used to judge the efficacy of a school or its educators. Meanwhile, Republicans tend to resist the idea of any top-down, federal government-controlled metric […]

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Colleges and Universities Put on Notice That Contractual Nondisclosure Language May Violate the Higher Education Act and Trigger Enforcement Action

Duane Morris July 31, 2023 On July 13, 2023, the Office of Federal Student Aid issued an enforcement bulletin notifying institutions that using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) or similar contracts that prevent or discourage current or former employees from communicating with the U.S. Department of Education may violate a requirement of cooperation with the Department under the Higher […]

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