WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Department Of Education has issued a proposed rule called: Clarification of the Appropriate Use of Terms "National" and "Regional" by Recognized Accrediting Agencies.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 17 by David Barker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
Summary: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposes to issue this interpretive rule to revise and clarify its prior interpretation of its position on the use of descriptive terms by Department-recognized accrediting agencies, specifically, the use of "regional" and "national." The Department proposes this interpretive rule to interpret Section 496 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the ...