The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has sought to establish a definition of Gainful Employment (GE) for over a decade, and in more recent years, we’ve seen regulatory whiplash as priorities and opinions change. An initial attempt to establish a rule by the Obama administration was thrown out in a legal...
If your institution is still utilizing Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants, take note: the Department of Education (ED) just released a new Quarterly Reporting Form (QRF) that includes some substantial changes from previous versions. The new form is to be used beginning with Q2 2022 reports and is due...
The latest negotiated rulemaking session featuring the Department of Education’s (ED) Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee concluded March 18 — and I appreciated the chance to be a part of it. As a committee advisor representing compliance auditors who work with institutions that participate in Title IV, I was able to...
Practice makes perfect, right? With year two of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) audits in process, we want to share some best practice points before the next HEERF Annual Performance Report (APR) submission period opens. As a reminder the HEERF APR for the January 1, 2021, to December 31,...
It’s a fact: auditor reports continue to change — even the opinions. For entities with a December 31, 2021, year-end or later, there are notable changes to reports’ “Opinion” section and other areas that must be implemented. Read on for why and what the changes look like. In May of 2019, the...
Recognition Rasmussen University (Rasmussen), a private college with 23 campuses in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, has established itself as a pioneer in career-focused education. Rasmussen has an annual Partner of Distinction award which recognizes a company that has met the four following criteria and the selection is done...
On March 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released long awaited guidance on the uses of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) grants included in the various coronavirus relief legislation passed over the previous year: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which created the...
If you had any personal New Year’s resolutions a year ago, it’s possible you tossed them out the window not all that long into a 2020 that veered wildly off-course. We can’t blame you for it, but from an institutional standpoint, it’s important to stay on track during a challenging...