Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf May 25, 2023 Dive Brief: House Republicans aired frustrations with the Biden administration’s policies around the federal student loan system during a stormy hearing of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development on Wednesday. Republicans blasted James Kvaal, the U.S. Department of Education’s top higher ed official, as well as Richard Cordray, […]
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NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson May 25, 2023 A pair of House Republican leaders are accusing the Biden administration of seeking to “hijack” federal courts in order to advance a borrower defense settlement, and have launched an investigation into the Department of Education’s (ED) processes for carrying out the relief. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of […]
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Phil Hill and Associates Phil Hill May 22, 2023 With the release of the proposed Gainful Employment rules by the US Department of Education (ED), there has been quite a bit of discussion online about whether the exclusion of nonprofit degree programs is fair, based on legal precedent, and wise policy. This post will share some visualizations […]
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McGuire Woods May 22, 2023 On May 19, 2023, the Department of Education (ED) published in the Federal Register proposed regulations concerning gainful employment (GE), threatening to cut off federal financial aid for approximately 1,800 career training programs at community colleges, public universities, private-nonprofit institutions and proprietary institutions. See 88 Fed. Reg. 32300 (May 19, 2023). ED provides […]
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