More than a year after the Department of Education (ED) completed its negotiated rulemaking covering an array of regulations related to institutional and programmatic eligibility for federal financial aid, ED published a...more
The Biden Administration releases guidance letter regarding recent Federal District Court case impact on enforcement of the regulations, and reminds constituents of the its commitment to ensure students are guaranteed an...more
Since the CARES Act created the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) in April 2020, institutions have faced an ever-changing landscape of new and shifting guidance. We posted a number of articles over the past few...more
The US Department of Education’s final regulations requiring state authorization for distance education programs will take effect July 1, 2020. The new regulations require that schools hold authorization in every jurisdiction...more
On May 6, the US Department of Education released its long anticipated, final Title IX regulations on sexual harassment. The new regulations amend the longstanding and limited regulations implementing Title IX of the...more
Following the US Department of Education’s (ED) release of guidance to accrediting agencies on March 17, including the flexibility to bypass public comment periods and adoption by full agency membership, accreditors have been...more
The CARES Act authorizes the US Department of Education (ED) to allow institutions to ease certain federal student aid requirements, provide relief for certain students and borrowers with federally held student loans and...more
As we reported earlier this week, on November 1, the Department of Education published its final state authorization for distance education regulations in the Federal Register, culminating nearly a decade-long effort to adapt...more
On Friday, November 1, the Department of Education published its final state authorization for distance education regulations in the Federal Register, available here. The rule draws on the 2016 version of the state...more
The US Department of Education today issued the unofficial version of its final state authorization regulations that includes new rules governing accreditation and recognition of state authorizing agencies. The final rule...more
The California Legislature began its summer recess on July 12 with a package of bills with broad implications for all institutions operating under BPPE authority still awaiting further Senate action. All seven of the original...more
In a turn of events that seemed unlikely just weeks ago, on April 3 the negotiated rulemaking committee the US Department of Education assembled to consider rules focused on accreditation and innovation over the past four...more
With the perceived loosening of regulatory controls at the federal level, many states are stepping in with aggressive legislative and regulatory action. Leading the charge is California, where a legislative package of seven...more
The negotiated rulemaking committee charged with considering rules affecting accreditation and innovation concluded its second session last week, during which the panel of negotiators focused heavily on revisions the US...more