The U.S. Department of Education continues to release significant guidance relating to its Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment rule, including last week’s announcement that institutions should “pause reviews of the Completers Lists and use of the FVT/GE Reports.” In this 20-minute video, Aaron Lacey and Hope Watson discuss this and other recent guidance and
Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Practice is pleased to announce the
release of its new, four-part Title IX Training Series, designed to
assist institutions of higher education to comply with the Biden
administration’s 2024 Title IX rule. This free training series succeeds
Thompson Coburn’s popular 2020 Title IX training series, which details the
requirements of
On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student loan debt for millions of Americans. As the COVID-19 pandemic was winding down, President Biden made good on that promise. On August 24, 2022, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced a plan to
The U.S. Department of Education’s new financial responsibility rules took effect July 1, 2024 (the “2024 Rule”). These rules are part of a sweeping set of regulations that cover financial value transparency and gainful employment, professional licensure programs, the bare minimum rule, transcript withholding, and diploma verification, among many other topics.Part of this
The U.S. Department of Education’s new financial responsibility rules take effect July 1, 2024. These rules are part of a sweeping set of regulations that become effective the same day and cover financial value transparency and gainful employment, professional licensure programs, the bare minimum rule, transcript withholding, and diploma verification, among many other topics.With so
On April 29, 2024, the US Department of Education published its final Title IX rule in the Federal Register. In our second HigherEdReg Rundown, Scott Goldschmidt provides
preliminary analysis on the new rule. He discusses key differences between the current Title IX rule and this final rule, including changes in the scope and application of
On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) issued new guidance regarding the implementation of the program length restrictions for Gainful Employment (“GE”) programs. These restrictions are included in the Department’s Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures and Ability to Benefit Final Rule (“Final Rule”) published in the Federal Register on October 31,
We interrupt your Tortured Poets Department** listening party to inform you that the Biden administration has released its long awaited Title IX rules. The new rules, published this morning in unofficial form, will be formally published in the Federal Register shortly.In its press release announcing the new rules, the Department also published a fact
In the past three weeks, the U.S. Department of Education has released significant guidance on the implementation of its new Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment rule, which takes effect July 1, 2024. In this 20-minute video, Aaron
Lacey breaks down key announcements and clarifications from the new guidance. He discusses the extended data reporting
As many REGucation readers know, Thompson Coburn has followed the U.S. Department of Education’s Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) rules closely over many years. This blog post will outline three recent BDR-related developments that institutions of higher education should have on their radar.Fifth Circuit Enjoins Biden Administration BDR Rule Pending Final Judgment of the District
