Loan Program Regs Need Some Tweaking But Mostly Survive Bit of Hazing by Schools

Regulations aimed at curbing abuse of federally funded student loan and grant programs stood up to a legal attack from for-profit schools, with a few exceptions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided June 5 (Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities v. Duncan, D.C. Cir., No. 11-5174).

The Department of Education regulations implement Title IV of the 1965 Higher Education Act and serve to protect the federal government’s investment in higher education by “ensur[ing] that participating schools actually prepare their students for employment, such that those students can repay their loans,” Judge ...