U.S. Department of Education January 23, 2025 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including references to them in public-facing communication channels and its associated workforce. These actions are in line with President Trump’s ongoing commitment to end illegal discrimination and wasteful spending […]
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Holland & Knight Nancy Anderson, Paul G. Lannon, Nathan A. Adams IV, Maddie Fenton January 23, 2025 Highlights As the Biden Administration closed out its tenure, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced several policy initiatives and enforcement actions on ED’s regulations surrounding misrepresentation by institutions of higher education that participate in the Title IV […]
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Duane Morris January 23, 2025 Supreme Court Review of 2022 BDR Final Rule On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Department of Education’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. Department of Education that preliminarily […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 23, 2025 The final data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center comes a week after the group retracted preliminary findings showing a decline. Dive Brief: Enrollment of first-year students grew 5.5% in fall 2024 compared to the year before, representing an increase of about 130,000 students, according to a final tally from […]
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