On 4 February 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that OMB and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have decided to withdraw the emergency information collection request that ED had submitted to OCR on...more
2/12/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Education Reform ,
Educational Institutions ,
Gifts ,
Higher Education Act ,
Information Management ,
New Regulations ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
On 17 December 2019, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published in the Federal Register notice of a new information collection request (ICR) related to reporting requirements under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act...more
12/31/2019
/ Department of Education ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Education Reform ,
Educational Institutions ,
Gifts ,
Higher Education Act ,
Information Management ,
New Regulations ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
On 23 September 2019 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published final regulations concerning, among other things, "borrower defense to repayment" claims for federal student loans first disbursed on or after 1 July 2020,...more
10/7/2019
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Borrower Defense Rule ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Responsibility Standards ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Student Loans ,
Triggering Event
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) 2019 negotiated rule-making process recently ended with the negotiators somewhat unexpectedly reaching consensus on proposed regulatory language on a variety of topics, including the...more
Thanks to the rapid development and widespread acceptance of online programs over the last decade, American universities and their respective business partners now offer degree or non-degree programs entirely online around...more
7/10/2018
/ Accreditation ,
Continuing Education ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
For Profit Education ,
Global Marketplace ,
Higher Education Act ,
Online Education ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Tax Liability