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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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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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Cybersecurity Rules and Colleges – Approaching Deadline

With only four months left before most changes to the federal Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”) – a component of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (“GLBA”) that provides for the protection of...more

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Blog: 90/10 Provisions of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Brings Major Change

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For proprietary institutions subject to the 90/10 rule, President Joe Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11 reflects a major change in this revenue test that provides for-profit institutions and...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 Reinstates Title IV Eligibility to California Students

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Putting an end to a crisis that jeopardized access to Title IV to 80,000 California students, on Friday, Acting Under Secretary of Education Diane Auer-Jones wrote to the head of the California Department of Consumer Affairs...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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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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Universities Are Prime Targets for False Claims Act Liability

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Colleges and universities receive billions of dollars in federal funds, whether through research grants or student financial aid, or even by billing Medicare or Medicaid for services rendered at academic medical centers. As a...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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Alert: ED Adopts Changes to Clock and Credit Hour Rules

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Earlier this month, the US Department of Education ("ED" or the "Department") announced a number of changes to the so-called "cash management" regulations that govern institutional arrangements with financial account...more

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Alert: Recent Developments on State Authorization at Department of Education and in California

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The US Department of Education ("ED" or "the Department") has decided against an earlier plan to send letters to every institution believed to be out-of-compliance (or rather, located in a state that is considered...more

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