The use of transcript holds at institutions of higher education as a debt collection tool has recently become the subject of much debate...

The U.S. Department of Education continues to release significant guidance relating to its Financial Value Transparency and Gainful...

Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Practice is pleased to announce the release of its new, four-part Title IX Training Series, designed...

On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student...

The U.S. Department of Education's new financial responsibility rules took effect July 1, 2024 (the “2024 Rule”). These rules are part of...

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) issued new guidance regarding the implementation of the program length...

We interrupt your Tortured Poets Department** listening party to inform you that the Biden administration has released its long awaited...

In the past three weeks, the U.S. Department of Education has released significant guidance on the implementation of its new Financial...

On April 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) announced that it would further delay implementation of its...

As many REGucation readers know, Thompson Coburn has followed the U.S. Department of Education’s Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR)...

The U.S. Department of Education published an electronic announcement on November 8, 2023, offering guidance on the notification process...

On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil...

On August 7, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction in Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. Cardona,...

On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published in the Federal Register the official version of its latest notice of...

As proprietary institutions of higher education are acutely aware, the U.S. Department of Education’s new 90/10 regulations take effect...

In February, the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office of the U.S. Department of Education issued Electronic Announcement General-23-09 on the...