Growing Beyond Economic Returns: The Other Values of a Postsecondary Education

The Department of Education (ED) indicated earlier this month it will conduct a negotiated rulemaking process this year to propose new regulations for distance education, among other higher education topics. One area of distance education ripe for review is the requirement that online college programs provide “regular and substantive interaction” between faculty and students....

As part of its latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 28, the U.S. Department…

Final rules published by November 1 will take effect on July 1, 2023.

New series highlights baseline statistics on access to the federal Pell Grant program and completion rates for U.S. higher education institutions by three sectors—community colleges, non-profit institutions, and for-profit colleges.

Last week, negotiators serving on the Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee convened for their third and final week-long work period as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) negotiated rulemaking process.

Last week, members of the Department of Education’s (ED) Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee continued work on a set of accountability regulations, including the gainful employment rule, closing the 90/10 loophole, and strengthening financial responsibility and administrative capability for institutions of higher education.