Tag: Gainful Employment
New ED Audit Guide Now Requires Extensive Gainful Employment Compliance Testing
Kate Lee Carey, Jonathon Glass and Joseph Mensah
Gainful Employment data reporting is the topic for the third post in our Audit Guide series. For the first time ED is requiring that independent audit firms conduct extensive testing relating to Gainful Employment data reporting and mandated disclosures as part of their annual Title IV compliance audits.
Department Holds Hearings and Comment Period on Neg Reg Agenda
Vince Sampson and Nancy Anderson
The Department of Education holds hearing to hear comments regarding the agenda for the upcoming negotiated rulemaking.
Last Minute Reprieve in GE Rule
Kate Lee Carey and Jonathon Glass
Faced with court decision, continuing data problems and new negotiated rulemaking, the Department of Education issues last minute reprieve on Gainful Employment appeals and certain disclosure requirements.
Department of Education’s Announcement Leaves Unanswered Questions Regarding Coming Gainful Employment Rule Deadline
Jonathon Glass, Kate Lee Carey and Vince Sampson
The Department of Education announced it will engage in a new negotiated rulemaking to revise the Gainful Employment Rule, but questions remain.
Department of Education Delays Borrower Defense Rules and Proposes Reset on Gainful Employment
Vince Sampson and Nancy Anderson
The Department announced today that it will delay Borrower Defense and will convene a new “Mega Neg Reg,” which will include Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment.
As the Department of Education Revisits the Gainful Employment Rule California Legislators Propose a State Alternative
Jonathon Glass, Kate Lee Carey and Joseph Mensah
With continued questions about the Trump Administration’s commitment to Obama-era regulations, including the Gainful Employment (GE) Rule, one state is ready to jump into the fray and offer its own state-based alternative to the federal GE Rule.
Important New Gainful Employment Guidance Released
Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance giving schools four extra months to comply with requirements of the Gainful Employment (GE) rule.
White House Issues Regulatory Freeze with Minimal Impact on Education Rules
Vince Sampson and Nancy Anderson
On President Trump’s first day in office, the White House ordered a regulatory freeze to allow the incoming administration to review any new or pending regulations.
Seven Steps to Prepare for the New Gainful Employment Rule
Jonathon Glass and Kate Lee Carey
The Gainful Employment Rules became effective on July 1, 2015, and you probably already know that your institution has a deadline to report six years’ worth of institutional, student and financial data to the Department of Education (ED) by July 31.
Challenges to Gainful Employment Student Completer Lists Due July 28
Jonathon Glass and Kate Lee Carey
The US Department of Education has set the deadline for institutions to file corrections to their “student completer lists” as the next major step in ED’s effort to publish the first set of rates under the Gainful Employment Rule.
ED to Issue First Set of Gainful Employment Rates
Jonathon Glass and Kate Lee Carey
The US Department of Education just announced its intent to issue the first set of official Debt to Earnings Rates (D/E Rates) under the Gainful Employment Rule (GE Rule) in January 2017.
Timeline for First Set of Gainful Employment Rates Slips Further
Jonathon Glass and Kate Lee Carey
The US Department of Education has announced another delay in the distribution of the Completer Lists for Gainful Employment programs until Spring 2016, which is bound to push back the date for ED to issue the first set of Draft GE Rates and, ultimately, Final GE Rates.