gainful employment

Duane Morris LLP – U.S. Department of Education Pauses Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR)

Duane Morris LLP – U.S. Department of Education Pauses Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR)

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. […]

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What DeVos’s ‘Reset’ on 2 Major Consumer Rules Means for Colleges – The Chronicle of Higher Education

What DeVos’s ‘Reset’ on 2 Major Consumer Rules Means for Colleges – The Chronicle of Higher Education

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 […]

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Secretary DeVos Announces Regulatory Reset to Protect Students, Taxpayers, Higher Ed

Secretary DeVos Announces Regulatory Reset to Protect Students, Taxpayers, Higher Ed

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, […]

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Steady Hand in an Unpredictable Time

Steady Hand in an Unpredictable Time

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 […]

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Report: Public Money Skews Gainful-Employment Rule

Report: Public Money Skews Gainful-Employment Rule

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 […]

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Education Dept. Defends Gainful Employment

Education Dept. Defends Gainful Employment

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 […]

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