Tag: Department of Education
Website Compliance for Higher Education in the U.S. under the GDPR
By Linh Nguyen and Sheila Sokolowski. Welcome to the second HMBR series of FAQs developed to inform colleges and universities in the United States about how various activities may bring them under the jurisdiction of European Union (EU) data protection authorities. This series focuses on website compliance and should be […]
Senate Sub Committee Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill; Full Committee Vote Tomorrow
In a markup held yesterday, the U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (“Labor-HHS”) released a summary statement setting forth the key elements of the a $153.2 billion appropriations bill that passed the sub committee. The full Senate Committee on Appropriations will take […]
Administrative Penalty for Violating the Incentive Compensation Ban is Repayment of All Title IV Funds
As reported in Insider Higher Education, the Department of Education released a new memorandum providing that violators of the incentive compensation ban (see (b)(22)) face repaying all Title IV funds received. This move comes on the heels of a highly critical report from Department’s Office of the Inspector General on […]
Court Upholds Validity of Gainful Employment Rule
In a decision issued earlier today, the federal court sitting in the Southern District of New York upheld the Department of Education’s gainful employment rule and dismissed the challenge brought by the NY Association of Proprietary Colleges (APC). The APC put out a statement disagreeing with the ruling and […]