We expect the Department in the Biden administration to take administrative actions in higher education, and two of the most closely-watched areas of regulatory action in higher education will be Title IV, HEA and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This blog post focuses on Title IX. Click here for our blog post on Title IV, HEA. In the wake of the issuance by the U.S. Department of Education of the Title IX regulation on sexual harassment, many college and university leaders looked for a way to minimize the applicability of the regulation. The Title IX regulation, which
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Monthly Archives January 2021
Title IV, HEA: For Proprietary Institutions, an Unwelcome Return to the Obama Era
We expect the Department in the Biden administration to take administrative actions in higher education, and two of the most closely-watched areas of regulatory action in higher education will be Title IV, HEA and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This blog post focuses on Title IV, HEA. Click here for our blog post on Title IX. The Trump administration issued several Title IV, HEA financial-aid regulations that addressed the dramatic change in technology in higher education. There are now new regulations on distance education and innovation, as well as on accreditation and religious liberty. However, as we
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