In the last several days, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) finally published three important updates on ED expectations under its extensive October 2023 Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment regulations...more
4/10/2024
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Effective July 1, 2024, institutions of higher education participating in Title IV Federal Student Aid programs must comply with the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Financial Value Transparency and Gainful...more
2/8/2024
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On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a nationwide injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from implementing its new borrower defense to repayment (BDR) rules. The BDR rules,...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision prohibiting direct consideration of race in college and university admissions. The Court held that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the...more
6/30/2023
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UPDATE: On April 11, the Department of Education (Department) published a blog post updating the latest Third-Party Services (TPS) Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) which was published on February 15, 2023 (updated February 28,...more
On Thursday, the Department of Education announced that, in certain circumstances, it will require leaders of institutions to assume personal liability as a condition of Title IV Federal Student Aid participation....more
UPDATE: On February 28, 2023, the Department updated the Dear Colleague Letter issued February 15, 2023 to establish a future effective date for the guidance, extend the public comment period, and extend the reporting...more
Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter announces an expanded Department interpretation of the definition of Third-Party Servicer to include a new array of vendors providing student recruiting and...more
2/20/2023
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On June 23, 2022—exactly fifty years after Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became the law of the land—the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its latest and much anticipated Title IX Notice of Proposed...more
On January 20, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced new efforts to examine postsecondary schools’ institutional lending programs. Many colleges and universities offer in-house student loans,...more
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) Office of Inspector General (OIG) first issued guidance about upcoming audits of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)...more
Via the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, signed into law on December 27, 2020, Congress allocated $23 billion in emergency relief aid for public and nonprofit colleges, universities, and their students—$9 billion more...more
Update: On August 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education released extensive final regulations addressing, among other topics, Borrower Defense to Repayment reporting requirements. The new final regulations, effective July...more
Yesterday, the Department of Education (ED) released its long-awaited final rule relating to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While an earlier proposed version of the rule was published for comment in November...more
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued guidance on April 21, 2020, relating to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) provided under the CARES Act. ED provided information through a stakeholder call at 2:00...more
Title IX obligations continue despite the COVID-19 pandemic. As many schools have implemented stay-at-home orders with students moving off campus, the means by which institutions are fulfilling these obligations are changing....more
The U.S.’s Three-Phase Stimulus Program-
For several weeks, Congress has been working to develop a “stimulus package” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The stimulus program is not just one piece of legislation; thus...more
Yesterday evening, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a much-anticipated Q&A regarding Borrower Defense to Repayment Reporting due from institutions of higher education beginning on May 14, 2019. The key points of...more
Help! Do we have to report every pending lawsuit to the U.S. Department of Education by May 14?
No. But, under newly effective regulations and guidance, (private and maybe public) institutions of higher education must...more
Tthe Department of Education (ED) released its long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking relating to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While a version of the notice was leaked in early September, the document...more