Today the National Defense Committee submitted a letter to the Department of Education encouraging it to finalize its revised list of professional degree programs. After releasing an initial list of programs that qualify for increased levels of federal student loans earlier…
U.S. Representative Mark Harris (R-NC) introduced a bill today to repeal the Department of Education’s 90/10 Rule. Rep. Harris’ legislation is the companion bill to the Senate’s PARITY Act, which Senator Banks’ introduced in April. Both bills seek to permanently retire the 90/10…
For years higher education policy has been marked by regulatory double standards and discriminatory rules. The 90/10 Rule and Gainful Employment Rule, specifically, selectively target career colleges, cornering students into conventional public and private schools. The PARITY Act, introduced recently by…
Nearly three years since the publication of its flagship Condescending Paternalism report, the National Defense Committee released a new, in-depth follow-up analysis today: Condescending Paternalism 2.0: How the Department of Education and Congress Are Collaborating to Restore Veterans’ EARNED Education Benefits. During the first…
The National Defense Committee led a coalition of nine military and veterans service organizations endorsing Senator Jim Banks’ (R-IN) Promoting Access and Revenue Integrity Through Institutional Transparency (PARITY) Act today. Senator Banks recently asked the U.S. Department of Education for an updated…
After years of regulatory favoritism that spoke down to military members and veterans and devalued their earned education benefits, the Trump administration is finally releveling the playing field, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey writes in a new op-ed for Stripes…
Last week the U.S. Department of Education kicked off the AHEAD negotiated rulemaking, which is responsible for creating and implementing new accountability measures. Negotiators should repeal the Gainful Employment Rule, which discriminates against post-secondary schools favored by the military, veterans…
National Defense Committee led 28 military and veterans service organizations to demand accountability from the Washington Post today following an article that accuses veterans of mass exploitation of disability benefits. An article published by the Post on October 6 alleges that “veterans are swamping the…
This week National Defense Committee Executive Director Bob Carey served as an alternate military and veteran student community negotiator on the Department of Education’s “Reimagining and Improve Student Education” (RISE) negotiated rulemaking committee. The committee was convened to consider how to…
This month the U.S. Department of Education revised its interpretation of the controversial 90/10 Rule, allowing proprietary schools to count revenue from online programs towards the required 10 percent of revenue that must come from non-federal student aid. The change offers a…
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