Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee The Education Department is “not wedded” to the language it issued in proposed regulations being debated in an ongoing negotiated rulemaking process, Diane Auer Jones, the department’s principal deputy under secretary, told an audience of accreditation professionals in Washington on Tuesday. “Clearly we came to the table with some […]
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee January 3rd, 2019 Given the total collapse of some of the country’s largest for-profit operators as a result of legal, regulatory and financial pressure, Career Education’s penalties from the settlement may seem light by comparison. From 2001 to 2010, Career Education’s enrollment nearly tripled to 118,205. During […]
InsideHigherEd by Andrew Kreighbaum and Paul Fain January 7, 2019 The Education Department’s proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education. In a package of highly detailed proposals set to be released today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivers on […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The Education Department’s internal oversight office on Wednesday announced it will review the agency’s decision to reinstate its permanent recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), The Associated Press reported. The move is in response to a letter sent on Monday by the top congressional […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: Ahead of the federal negotiated rulemaking session on higher ed accreditation that kicks off next month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos laid out her department’s priorities in a meeting Wednesday with industry leaders. According to prepared remarks, she said it is time to “rethink” higher education and called […]
Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Education imposes the highest level of cash management, known as HCM2. That means a college — with little or no cash — must first pay out of its own funds the disbursement to students and then later submit requests for reimbursement to the […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: Two senior U.S. Education Department officials told journalists Monday at an event in Las Vegas that the federal agency under Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to make more and better data available to students considering college, while continuing to prioritize the kind of deregulation that has characterized the current […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Accreditors provide the stamp of approval for colleges and universities in the U.S. Without their recognition, those institutions can’t keep access to federal student aid. So even though accreditors are essentially membership organizations that operate with limited transparency, they are a key part of the […]