Regulatory Analysis
A deeper analysis of US Department of Education (and their foundation allies) efforts to transform US higher education with regulatory activism

Interesting Reads This Week
UK lessons taken to heart: we must do better
Glenda Morgan /

7,500 Comments Don't Get As Much Change As You Might Think
ED releases final Gainful Employment and Financial Value Transparency rules
Phil Hill /

Interesting Reads This Week
A few of the things we found interesting this week and why
Glenda Morgan /

Not Really Friday Odds and Ends
Updates on regulations, enrollment vs finance crisis, and generative AI resources
Phil Hill /

Unintended Consequences: They're not just for ED
The biggest threat to Moodle in Europe might not be Canvas or Brightspace or Learn
Phil Hill /

Three Takeaways from ED Borrower Defense Claim on UAGC
Borrower defense is arbitrary, but UAGC and U Phoenix should not be surprised
Phil Hill /

Deeper Look at Gainful Employment Claims
Reader request to use GE visualizations against ED / AV claims
Phil Hill /

Misplaced Confidence in Data
No, we don't have excellent data to measure value of student outcomes
Phil Hill /

Friday Gainful Updates
Final review phase & potential AV / ED rift
Phil Hill /

Bipartisan Views on Financial Transparency
The sincerest form of flattery
Phil Hill /

Friday Odds and Ends
TPS and fed policy updates, courseware articles vs headlines, and LMS usage of AI
Phil Hill /

Data Files for College Scorecard and GE Calculations
Excel data that is basis of our recent visualizations
Phil Hill /

Reader Mailbag July 23
LMS features & support for enrollment, how to interpret SARA gutting, and more
Phil Hill /

Applying GE / Financial Transparency to a Specific Program
A look at Master’s program in Library & Information Science with proposed rules
Glenda Morgan /

Access to College Scorecard Data and Visualizations
How we plan to increase access for our subscribers
Phil Hill /

Filling the Ranks
The Arnold Ventures funded coalition as the dominant source of personnel in ED
Phil Hill /

Starting to Understand the Implications
I'll choose to stick with "you read it here first"
Phil Hill /

The Overlooked Details of NPRM
Virtually all programs - degree and non-degree, nonprofit and for-profit, will be affected
Phil Hill /

It’s Much Broader Than Lobbying Against OPMs
Reintroducing Gainful Employment and gutting State Authorization Reciprocity
Phil Hill /

Visualizing If Gainful Employment Applied to Most Degree Programs
Using College Scorecard data to show how degree programs at most institutions would fare
Phil Hill /

First View Academic Programs and Gainful Employment Ratios
Using IPEDS / College Scorecard data to visualize how GE rules would theoretically impact different program types
Phil Hill /

Federal Updates on OPM-Based Regulatory Guidance
Updated DCL on the same day as congressional testimony
Phil Hill /

Role of Marketing Costs in the OPM Regulation Debate
Sharing thoughts from two conversations with those on the other side of the debate
Phil Hill /

Looking at OPM Student Debt With Updated College Scorecard Data
Are there new insights into MSW program debt and earnings?
Glenda Morgan /

Arnold Ventures Influence Beyond Regulation
"Research" and letters and lawsuits, oh my
Phil Hill /