Program Integrity Rules

In 2010, the Department of Education adopted a new set of rules with major implications for colleges and universities. The new program integrity rules primarily focus on Title IV of the Higher Education Act and establish new compliance requirements for administrators to follow. Of the 14 topic areas in which changes were instituted, five topics of significant concern are changes to guidelines regarding credit hours, gainful employment, incentive compensation, misrepresentation and state authorization.

• U.S. Laws and Regulations

• U.S. Department of Education, Program Integrity Issues, Final Rule

  2010

• U.S. Department of Education, Press Release, Summary of New Final Regulations on Program Integrity

  2010

• U.S. Department of Education - Regulations on Gainful Employment - Debt Measures

  2011

• U.S. Dept. of Education Guidance on Determining Whether a Program is a Gainful Employment Program

  U.S. Dept. of Education
• Resource Pages

• U.S. Department of Education Program Integrity Resource Page

  U.S. Dept. of Education

• NACUA State Authorization Resource Page 

  NACUA

• U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment Resource Page

  U.S. Dept. of Education

• NACUA Resource Page on Program Integrity Rules 

  NACUA

• SHEEO Compendium of State Authorization Requirements

  State Higher Education Executive Officers, Jul 11, 2012

• State Higher Education Executive Officers Resource Page on State Authorization Rule

• Publications

• What Are Colleges Doing (or Not Doing) about State Authorization? A Survey Conducted by UPCEA and WICHE (Full Report)

  2011, UPCEA

  - Executive Summary

• Summary of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Ruling on APSCU v. Duncan

  2011, ACE

• Summary of U.S. Department of Education Regulations for Gainful Employment Programs

  2011, ACE

• Gainful Employment Q & A

  2011, ACE

• Navigating the Regulatory Highway: A Practical Guide to Interpreting, Implementing and Complying with DOE’s Program Integrity Rules

  Jay Urwitz, Laura Warren, Laurence Pendleton, Robert Roach, Terry Hartle, 2011, NACUA

• NACUANOTE: U.S. Department of Education Program Integrity Rules – Part I: State Authorization, Incentive Payments, and Misrepresentation

  Elizabeth Meers, Stephanie Gold, 2011, NACUA

• NACUANOTE: U.S. Department of Education Program Integrity Rules – Part II: Defining the Credit Hour, and Disclosure and Reporting Obligations

  Elizabeth Meers, Stephanie Gold, 2011, NACUA

• NACUANOTE: U.S. Department of Education Program Integrity Rules – Part III: Gainful Employment Programs – Definition, Disclosure, Reporting, New Programs, Metrics, and Sanctions

  Elizabeth Meers, Stephanie Gold, 2011, NACUA

• State Authorization of Distance Education Vacated by U.S. District Court

  2011, NAICU

• State Authorization and Distance Education – NAICU Background Paper

  June 20, 2012, NAICU

• U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment Operations Manual

  U.S. Dept. of Education, May 14, 2012

• Gainful Employment Requirements, Post-Court Ruling -- NAICU Washington Update

  July 23, 2012, NAICU