Education Department Delays Gainful Reporting Requirements Again

Colleges will get more time to report data related to their programs and students’ outcomes after the Education Department decided Friday to push back the deadline to submit that information from Oct. 1 to Jan. 15. This is the second time the deadline has moved as colleges have repeatedly sought extensions, saying that delays and issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid made it more difficult to comply with the requirements. Last week, a group of 20 senators sent a letter to the Education Department requesting that the agency push the deadline back to July 2025. (The data was initially due July 31 of this year.)