In 2025, the Trump Administration launched an aggressive regulatory agenda through the Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking process, seeking significant changes to programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. There have been three major negotiated rulemaking committees tackling a myriad of proposed higher education regulations:
- Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee
- Accountability in Higher Education Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) Committee
- AHEAD 1.0: Workforce Pell
- AHEAD 2.0: Program-level Accountability (AKA Do No Harm or Gainful Employment)
- Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) Committee
These pages provide additional details, including section-by-section breakdowns of the regulations, FAQs, NAICU's analysis and comments, and additional tools and resources to help you better understand each of these regulations and the impact they will have on campus.