On April 11, 2023, the US Department of Education (ED) announced that it will modify and further delay the implementation of its controversial guidance on third-party servicer (TPS) issues.
This latest update comes in...more
This week has subjected the college admissions process – already the subject of considerable debate – to unprecedented scrutiny. The nationwide indictments unsealed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in the past few days...more
The Higher Education Act (HEA), the foundation law for the financing of American higher education, was enacted in 1965, when telephones still had dials and computers filled large rooms. It last was reauthorized in 2008, when...more
Update: As a reminder, the Department of Education (ED) is seeking public comments to identify regulations that are “unduly costly or unnecessarily burdensome” and may be candidates for repeal or revision. We encourage you to...more
Yesterday, the Department of Education held the first of two public hearings to hear comments on the agenda for the upcoming negotiated rulemaking, currently slated to include borrower defense to repayment and gainful...more
The Department of Education’s (ED) announcement that it plans to engage in a new negotiated rulemaking to revise the Gainful Employment (GE) Rule leaves unanswered critical questions regarding the implementation of certain GE...more
The Department of Education announced today that it will delay, with limited exceptions, the entire set of Borrower Defense to Repayment regulations (BDTR) scheduled to take effect July 1 until further notice, as well as...more
On March 16, 2017, the Administration released its Budget Blueprint for 2018. Overall, the Blueprint upholds many of the campaign promises the President made, increasing military spending by significantly cutting funds from...more
The Department released Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #105 which gives institutions until July 1, 2017 to “(1) submit an alternative earnings appeal to the GE Debt-to-Earnings rates that were released by the...more
Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted along party lines to forward the nomination of Betsy DeVos to the full Senate. The vote was 12-11 in favor of moving the nomination. Republicans...more
On President Trump’s first day in office, the White House ordered a regulatory freeze to allow the incoming administration to review any new or pending regulations. Federal agencies are required to take several steps to allow...more
Following a highly charged, often contentious three days of debate, the third session of the Negotiated Rulemaking on Borrower Defense to Repayment (DTR) ended as it started, without consensus. The Department of Education...more
Institutions that are in the process of developing competency-based education ("CBE") programs now have a clearer window to the US Department of Education's perspective on how federal student financial aid rules can...more