Nov 3, 2009: Negotiated Rule Making
WASHINGTON -- Tensions between for-profit institutions and their foes came to the fore as a panel of concerned parties convened here Monday afternoon to begin the multi-month process of working out new regulations governing the integrity of federal financial aid programs.
It was the first day of a four-day session (to be followed by two more four-day sessions, one in December, the other in January) of negotiated rule making, intended to help the Department of Education craft regulations on a series of issues that the department can use to oversee institutions that receive federal financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Read the full article at Inside Higher Education.
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January 14, 2012 ~ NACCAS NACCAS has published their 2012 Edition of their Accreditation Handbook - dated January 1, 2012. As of that same date, they updated their Standards and Policies as well as their Rules of Practice and Procedure. Click here to download a pdf copy of each document. They can be found on the left side of their page under "Member Resources." |
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