Duane Morris LLP | USA | 8 Oct 2021
On October 4, 2021, the Department announced their intention to conduct negotiated rulemaking on the 90/10 rule pursuant to the provisions in Section…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 13 Sep 2021
An Income Share Agreement (ISA) is a contract in which a lender gives a student money for education, and in return, the student promises to pay the…
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 25 Jun 2021
This week, in an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court held that a Pennsylvania school district violated a student’s First Amendment free speech rights by…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 9 Feb 2021
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has used the False Claims Act (FCA) for years to enforce the so-called “incentive payment ban” in higher…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 11 Oct 2020
On October 9, 2020, the Department of Education (the “Department”) posted an Electronic Announcement announcing the rescission of and replacement for…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 15 Apr 2020
As discussed in an earlier alert, the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund allocates almost $14 billion to institutions of…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 13 Apr 2020
On 2 April 2020, the United States Department of Education (ED) formally released proposed rules on distance education and other topics upon which…
Bass Berry & Sims PLC | USA | 28 Jan 2020
It has been well over a year since the Department of Education issued its proposed regulations under Title IX of the Higher Education Act for notice…
McGuireWoods Consulting LLC | USA | 13 Nov 2019
The Higher Education Act (HEA) governs federal higher education programs, authorizing federal student-aid programs for postsecondary education and…
Jones Day | USA | 8 Oct 2019
Student loan debt in the United States stands at an all-time high of approximately $1.5 trillion spread across more than 44…