Return of Title IV Funds Program Integrity and Institutional Quality Committee (January 2024 to March 2024) Description: Return to Title IV, or “R2T4,” rules outline the process for institutions when a recipient of Title IV aid ceases attendance during a payment period or period of enrollment. The Department of Education is proposing changes to regulations […]
Awaiting Proposed Rule
Accrediting Agencies State Authorization Distance Education Cash Management TRIO Student Debt Relief Accrediting Agencies Program Integrity and Institutional Quality Committee (January 2024 to March 2024) Description: The Department of Education intends to make changes to its regulations guiding the process of recognizing accrediting agencies for Title IV approval and other purposes. In this rulemaking, ED […]
Community College Minute, January 22, 2024
AACC, NSF Calls All Community College Student Innovators
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2024 Contact: Martha M. Parham, Ed.D. 202-728-0200 x209 mparham@aacc.nche.edu Community College Innovation Challenge invites community college students to create STEM solutions to real-world problems Washington, D.C. – Today, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has launched its platform to advance student […]
Advocacy quick hits
Editor’s note: This weekly update from the government relations office at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) provides the latest on what’s happening in Washington and how AACC is advancing policies to support community colleges and students. Send questions, feedback and more to: kgimborys@aacc.nche.edu. FY 2024 Funding Update House Republicans unveil new HEA reauthorization […]
Metallica Submission Information Form 2024
Community College Minute, January 16, 2024
Advocacy quick hits
Editor’s note: This weekly update from the government relations office at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) provides the latest on what’s happening in Washington and how AACC is advancing policies to support community colleges and students. Send questions, feedback and more to: kgimborys@aacc.nche.edu. Negotiated Rulemaking underway 2024-25 FAFSA hits key application milestone Negotiated […]
CEO to CEO Newsletter #251
January 5, 2024 | Issue # 251 Happy New Year! I hope you had some time for rest and reflection over the holidays. On January 2, the U.S. Department of Education released six issue papers across a range of categories to further its goals that students are well served by the institutions of higher education […]
Comment Period Closed/Awaiting Final Rule
Title IX Gender in Athletics Student Debt Relief Title IX Gender in Athletics Not Subject to Negotiated Rulemaking Description: Rules, as they specifically relate to athletics, governing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Related background Title IX […]