Duane Morris U.S. Department of Education Pauses Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) Regulation and Announces Negotiated Rulemaking Committees to Revise BDR and Gainful Employment Regulations June 15, 2017 We strongly encourage clients to submit comments regarding provisions related to these rules that they believe should be addressed during the negotiations. […]
The Hill DeVos to redo two Obama-era rules on for-profit schools BY LYDIA WHEELER – 06/14/17 04:51 PM EDT 188 The Trump administration is planning to redo two Obama-era rules aimed at ensuring students at for-profit colleges get the education they pay for. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Wednesday the department is […]
JUN 14, 2017 @ 04:08 PM 589 The Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets Workforce Development Week: For-Profit Colleges are a Real Solution to Workforce Readiness Sabrina Schaeffer , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Monday the Trump Administration kicked off “Workforce Development Week.” Coming on […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education What DeVos’s ‘Reset’ on 2 Major Consumer Rules Means for Colleges By Adam Harris JUNE 14, 2017 Chronicle photo by Julia Schmalz Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Wednesday that the Education Department will renegotiate the gainful-employment and borrower “defense to repayment” rules, two […]
US Department of Education Secretary DeVos Announces Regulatory Reset to Protect Students, Taxpayers, Higher Ed Institutions JUNE 14, 2017 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Negotiated rulemaking committees to convene on Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment to improve regulations Currently approved BDR claims to be discharged this month, […]
Inside Higher Ed James Manning, acting under secretary of education, receives praise from Republicans and Democrats with government experience for his knowledge of the Department of Education and aid programs. By Andrew Kreighbaum April 27, 2017 Recent personnel choices at the Department of Education have received scrutiny for connections to […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain March 30, 2017 A new report from the American Enterprise Institute argues that state and local funding of public colleges stacks the deck against for-profit institutions under the gainful-employment rule, an Obama administration regulation that measures the ability of graduates of vocational programs to […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum March 30, 2017 The Trump administration defended the gainful-employment rule in federal court Wednesday, suggesting that it may not quickly roll back the regulation designed to crack down on programs graduating students unable to pay down high student loan debt loads. The American Association […]
The Hill By Colin Hanna, opinion contributor – 03/15/17 12:43 PM EDT © Getty Despite an encouraging number of new jobs created last month — 235,000 new jobs added — the nation has a long way to go when it comes to getting more people back to work at good […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education March 14, 2017 by Adam Harris Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Delayed Enforcement of Gainful Employment A dozen Democrats in the U.S. Senate are seeking answers from the Department of Education over its decision last week to delay the effective date of the gainful-employment rule […]