Inside Higher Ed Early Report on ‘Regulatory Relief’ Education Department offers glimpse at its efforts to ease burden of federal rules and asks for suggestions of which to end. By Paul Fain June 23, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday offered a first glimpse at how it is carrying […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education When the U.S. Education Department proposes a rule, one reaction is guaranteed across the political spectrum: dread at the prospect of more negotiated rule-making. That’s when about 30 people, each with distinct and often opposing views, will crowd around a rectangular table in a departmental […]
Inside Higher Ed Staffing Woes at the Education Department Claude Pressnell, apparent choice as assistant secretary for postsecondary education, removes himself from consideration, further stalling efforts to fill leadership ranks at the Education Department. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 20, 2017 Claude Pressnell The Trump administration’s pick to oversee higher ed policy […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum June 16, 2017 Two former students of an Education Management Corporation-owned for-profit college have filed suit to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit challenging borrower-defense regulations. The Department of Education cited the lawsuit, which was brought by an association of California for-profit colleges, in announcing […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education June 12, 2017 by Adam Harris Lawmakers and Trade Group Criticize Education Dept. Move to Single Loan Servicer A bicameral group of federal legislators on Tuesday sent a letter to Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, criticizing recent changes in how the Education Department chooses an […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Adam Harris JUNE 08, 2017 The Education Department recently gave the clearest indication to date that it may roll back, or at least alter, the hotly contested gainful-employment regulation. The rule, an initiative of the Obama administration, was billed as a way to better […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum June 1, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education announced several new senior employees Wednesday, including a key former staffer of Senator Lamar Alexander on the Senate education committee. Kathleen Smith, who formerly served as the higher education policy adviser under the Tennessee Republican, was named […]
Career Education Review May 22, 2017 Jenny 0 One legacy of the Obama administration that the higher-education sector expected not to survive is the “borrower defense to repayment” regulation, published in October 2016 by the Department of Education. However, unless the head of the department or Congress intervenes, the rule […]
Inside Higher Ed With interagency panel launched under Obama no longer active, observers see a Department of Education less interested in leading oversight of for-profit college sector. State regulators may become more important. By Andrew Kreighbaum May 9, 2017 In the midst of a push late in the Obama administration to […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain March 9, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education this week released the annual update of its financial responsibility test scores for private colleges, which is based on data from 2014-15. The 187 institutions that have a failing score — most of which are small […]