Regulatory Analysis

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

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The Department’s Victory on Gainful Employment and What It Means for Higher Ed

The Department’s Victory on Gainful Employment and What It Means for Higher Ed

One aspect is that metrics like Earnings Premium were cemented as the centerpiece of institutional accountability moving forward, with all of the warts

Phil Hill
Phil Hill
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Stale Inputs, Lasting Consequences: OBBBA's Accountability Math

Stale Inputs, Lasting Consequences: OBBBA's Accountability Math

An outlier year set the assumptions, but Do No Harm implementation will be applied to cohorts shaped by a very different economy

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It's Not Loan Limits or Accountability or Pell, It's the Combination

It's Not Loan Limits or Accountability or Pell, It's the Combination

Three upcoming changes from OBBBA with strategically-important impacts

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An AI battle to watch, a video explainer on regulatory changes, and Coursera's content path

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Public Comments on Upcoming Regulations to Implement OBBBA

Public Comments on Upcoming Regulations to Implement OBBBA

An AI-enabled study of the nearly 1,124 public comments, focusing on institutional accountability and loan limits

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Some needed sanity in state-level regulations around online education

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Phil Hill
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Valuable Comments on Process
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Valuable Comments on Process

Two days left in public comment on upcoming rules implementing OBBB - an early view

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Gen AI Transparency on Federal Regulations

Gen AI Transparency on Federal Regulations

Finally a way to track hundreds of public comments in federal rulemaking process, focusing on institutional accountability

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It's all about the Benjamins for recent graduates

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Proving You Can Regionalize Baseline Earnings in California
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Proving You Can Regionalize Baseline Earnings in California

Using PUMAs instead of states for baseline, and showing impact on College Futures / HEA / Third Way metrics

Phil Hill
Phil Hill
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The Earnings Premium Bandwagon is Getting Crowded

The Earnings Premium Bandwagon is Getting Crowded

In US, you may not be interested in EP, but EP is interested in you

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ED and IPEDS confirmation, GSV Summit acquired, Instructure timelines, and Big Tech AI updates

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