Resources by Topic - Higher Education Compliance Alliance

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.

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Announcement by the Department of Education Delaying Regulations on Program Integrity and Improvement (July 3, 2018)

U.S. Dep't of Education

2017 Federal Student Aid Program Review Guide for Institutions

National Student Loan Data System, Gainful Employment User Guide

What Are Colleges Doing (or Not Doing) about State Authorization? A Survey Conducted by UPCEA, WICHE, and M-SARA

U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment Operations Manual

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

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

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

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

2011
ACE

Recent State Authorization Rule Issues

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

NACUANOTE: Forewarned is Forearmed — Frequent Issues in College and University Audits

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

2011

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

2010

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

2010

Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002

Final Regulations by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education on Program Integrity: Gainful Employment (July 1, 2019)

Department of Education Proposes Rescission of Gainful Employment Regulations

U.S. Department of Education

34 C.F.R. § 600.9, State Authorization

34 C.F.R. § 668.43, Institutional Information

Code of Federal Regulations

34 C.F.R. Sec.600.602(17)(g) (Application of Standards in Reaching Accrediting Decisions)

Code of Federal Regulations

34 C.F.R. Sec. 668.72(c)(2); (n) (Misrepresentations as to Nature of Educational Programs, including eligibility for licensure and state Authorization)

Code of Federal Regulations

Updated Gainful Employment (GE) Operations Manual

2015

Gainful Employment Final Regulations, 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668

U.S. Dept. of Education

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

U.S. Dept. of Education

SHEEO Compendium of State Regulations (v.2.0)

U.S. Department of Education, Dear Colleague Letter: on State Authorization Regulations Student Complaint Process

U.S. Dept. of Education

U.S. Department of Education, Dear Colleague Letter: State Authorization Regulations Effective Date July 1 2015

SHEEO Compendium of State Authorization Requirements

NACUA Resource Page on Program Integrity Rules

NACUA

U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment Resource Page

U.S. Dept. of Education

NACUA State Authorization Resource Page

NACUA

U.S. Department of Education Program Integrity Resource Page

U.S. Dept. of Education

State Higher Education Executive Officers Resource Page on State Authorization Rule