Biden Admin Dives into Next Round of Higher Education Regulations

Just a few weeks after wrapping up negotiations over how to structure President Joe Biden’s next mass student debt relief plan, the Education Department is heading back to the virtual rulemaking table this week. The department will convene another committee this week to begin hammering out its next round of higher education regulations. Officials already are putting up for negotiation a wide-ranging policy agenda that’s largely aimed directly at institutions of higher education and the entities — state regulators and accreditors — that are supposed to oversee them. As the next round of rulemaking gets underway, here’s a guide to some of the biggest issues.