Six months after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s passage, the Title IV landscape has shifted. Some feared cuts never materialized, but new accountability measures are taking shape amid continued proposals for restructuring the Department of Education’s work and multiple streams of negotiated rulemaking.
For institutions administering or considering Title IV funding, it remains essential to keep current with what has changed, what has stayed the same, and how to prepare for the road ahead.
In the latest of DEAC’s Title IV for Distance Education seminar series, higher education law specialists from the Duane Morris Education Group will provide the latest information on current laws and regulations in place, as well as trends and priorities in federal higher education law and policy.
Register today for this 3-hour seminar covering the latest developments affecting Title IV participation and distance education programs broadly, including:
- Analysis of OBBBA legal changes and current Department rulemakings including new limits on graduate loans and lifetime borrowing and the end of Grad PLUS;
- Title IV eligibility requirements, including certification, administrative capability and financial responsibility regulations;
- Current Title IV regulations in effect governing distance education, including regular and substantive interaction, Satisfactory Academic Progress, ADA compliance, and privacy and data security requirements
- The status of the Gainful Employment, Financial Value Transparency, “Do No Harm,” 90/10, and Borrower Defense to Repayment regulations
- The state of play of the Title IV state authorization rule and NC-SARA, including state policy developments
- Other policy drivers challenging business as usual, including managing expected Cohort Default Rate increases, compliance with nondiscrimination laws and guidance, accreditation reform, and more!
Duane Morris Education Group Speaker Bios
Katherine D. Brodie is partner in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a Team Lead of the Duane Morris Education industry group. Her legal practice is devoted the needs of educational institutions (nonprofit, public and proprietary), education associations, accreditors, education companies and investors in education.
Mike Powers is a Higher Education Compliance and Policy Advisor out of the Firm’s Chicago office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Powers served as a case manager for the Multi-Region and Foreign Schools Participation Division of the U.S. Education Department’s Federal Student Aid’s School Eligibility and Oversight Service Group.
Jessica S. High is a special counsel based in San Diego. She counsels private sector colleges and universities in their many specialized relationships, including matters of state and federal regulation, accreditation compliance and advocacy, and student and employee disputes and concerns. Ms. High brings an owner’s perspective to the specialized work of counseling our education clients. Her family owns and operates a group of accredited private allied health colleges.
Matthew Steinway is an associate in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses education policy and institutional compliance with U.S. Department of Education regulations, including Title IV student aid; accreditation; change of ownership transactions; borrower defense to repayment issues; and Title IX, Clery Act and campus safety.
