The Department of Education has introduced a host of proposed new regs. Take a look at the rundown: 

The proposed new federal regulations, to be published in the Federal Register, apply to all colleges but particularly address private colleges. The rules would close loopholes and strengthen the government’s ability to take action against schools with deceptive advertising, marketing and sales practices.

Among the 13 proposals, the rules would:

• ensure only students with valid high school diplomas are enrolled
• extend eligibility for federal student aid to students without high school diplomas after they successfully complete six credits of college work
• improve oversight of how testing materials are approved and administered, and
• require a structured and consistent approach to evaluating a student’s academic work.

As a benefit of the proposed regs, courses eligible for financial aid – and how much aid is given – would be more clearly defined.

On the docket for separate, later rulemaking: Career colleges and training programs that need to show students are learning skills needed for “gainful employment.” How that term is defined will be the set of proposals to be released later in the summer.

Comments on the proposals will be accepted until Aug. 2, with finalized rules scheduled for November.

What do you think of the proposed regs? Offer your views in the comments section.

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