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Mass Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education: Impacts on Higher Education

Overview - On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education (ED or the Department) effectively fired a substantial portion of its employees, marking a significant step in what Secretary Linda McMahon has called the...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2024

Welcome to the sixth issue of The Academic Advisor – our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. For this mid-summer edition, we take a deeper look at the newest developments regarding the 2024 amendments to...more

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Department of Education Releases Issue Papers to Strengthen Program Integrity and Institutional Quality

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On January 2, 2024, the Department of Education (DOE) released six issue papers that contain a range of proposals to ensure institutions of higher education and federal student aid programs best serve students. The issue...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 8, October 2023

U.S. Department of Education Takes Action Against Five Schools for Disbursing Federal Student Aid to Students Enrolled in Unaccredited Programs - “The settlement agreements include the payment of liabilities for all five...more

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Department of Education Issues Guidance on the Revised 90/10 Rule

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Our Education Team studies how a change to the 90/10 Rule will affect how for-profit institutions will count federal funding in the 90/10 calculation. The Moran–Carper Amendment to the American Rescue Plan significantly...more

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U.S. Department of Education Announces Personal Liability Requirements for Postsecondary Institutions Participating in Title IV...

On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published Electronic Announcement GENERAL-23-11 (EA) notifying institutions that participate in the Title IV federal student aid programs (Title IV) that it is...more

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Education Department to Hold Owners, Individuals, Board Members Liable for Higher Education Institutions

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On March 2, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will hold individuals representing corporations or other legal entities, including a member of the board of directors or a chief executive officer, personally...more

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ED Revisits Third-Party Servicer and Incentive Compensation Guidance

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The Department of Education announced two initiatives that expand oversight of third-party providers to institutions of higher education that participate in federal financial aid programs. On February 15, ED announced...more

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U.S. Department of Education Issues Three Accreditation Guidance Documents

On July 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) issued three new guidance documents pertaining to institutions adding or changing an institutional accreditor. This new guidance was announced by Department...more

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Dept. of Education implements Presidential memorandum continuing federal student loan relief during pandemic

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At the end of last week, the Department of Education announced that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has directed Federal Student Aid (FSA) to extend until December 31, 2020 the relief that was provided to federal student loan...more

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Coronavirus Update for Educational Institutions

The CDC, American College Health Association, and Department of Education have all issued recent guidance regarding the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Concurrently, colleges across the country have taken steps to move classes online...more

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Senate Dems Target For-Profit Colleges and Federal Student Loan Servicers and Collectors in Letter to Dept. of Education

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Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial...more

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Dept. of Ed close to releasing proposal that would facilitate income share agreement programs at selected Title IV schools

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My colleagues and I have the privilege of advising numerous clients on income share agreements (ISAs), including universities, service providers, and institutional investors. So we were excited by reports that the U.S....more

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Blog: ED Publishes the Final Rule on State Authorization for Distance Education

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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

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U.S. Department of Education and state of California attempt to reach accord to restore Title IV eligibility to California...

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As widely reported in the news and as discussed in our recent webinar, on 22 July 2019 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) notified institutions that, as a result of the U.S. District Court ruling in NEA v. DeVos, ED's 2016...more

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Strategies for Dealing with the Title IV Ineligibility of CA-Resident Students Under the Retroactive Distance Education Rule

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On Monday, July 22, 2019, the Federal Student Aid Office of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that the Distance Education Rules that were originally scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2018, and were then...more

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Blog: Department Announces California Residents at Out-of-State Public and Nonprofit Institutions Ineligible for Federal Student...

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The Department of Education issued guidance yesterday that ED’s regulations prohibit California residents enrolled in distance education programs at out-of-state public and nonprofit institutions from receiving federal...more

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Education Dept. Confirms Requirements to Report Litigation, Settlements, Specified Liabilities

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• Recently released guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) confirms that both private and public institutions of higher education must report litigation, settlements and other...more

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U.S. regulation of "foreign schools": Selected considerations for institutions participating in the U.S. Student Assistance...

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Under U.S. federal law, known as the Higher Education Act (HEA), eligible U.S. students may receive federal student aid to help pay for education expenses incurred to attend approved higher education institutions, including...more

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Department of Education convenes "Accreditation and Innovation" negotiated rulemaking committee

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will convene a negotiated rulemaking committee in Washington, D.C. 14-16 January 2019 to begin discussions about proposals to revise the ED regulations related to the Title IV federal...more

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Education Department Toughens Tone on Cyber and Threatens to Pull Funding for Non-Compliance

Recently-issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) threatens to “yank” Title IV funding for post-secondary institutions lacking appropriate data security safeguards....more

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Regional Accrediting Agency Proposes Ban on Paying Recruiters of International Students

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On March 27, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (“Middle States”) released for public comment a draft policy on its expectations for honesty and truthfulness in published information and in student recruitment...more

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U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Regulations Regarding Teacher Preparation Programs

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On October 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published final regulations regarding teacher preparation programs, implementing the accountability provisions of Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and...more

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Alert: ED's Proposed Rules for Online Learning Present New Compliance Challenges

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On Monday, July 25, the US Department of Education (ED or the Department) formally released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its current state authorization regulations, particularly with respect to distance...more

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U.S. Department of Education Issues Revised Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting

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For the first time in five years, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) has updated The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting, the primary resource for institutions of higher education seeking...more

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