Final Rules
- Policy Regarding Obtaining Information From, or Records of, Members of the News Media; and Regarding Questioning, Arresting, or Charging Members of the News Media Effective: 5/2/2025 #Campus
- Air Plan Approval; Alabama; Administrative Corrections and VOC Definition Effective 6/9/2025 #Campus
- Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Sports Programs Arising Out of Federal Financial Assistance Comments Due: 6/16/2025 Effective: 7/15/2025 #Athletics
- Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments; and Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status; Corrections and Correcting Amendment Effective: 5/16/2025 #UMC
- Terminology Relating to Sex; Technical Amendments Effective: 5/21/2025 #Campus
- Alabama: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions Comments Due: 6/23/2025 Effective Date: 7/22/2025 #EHS
Proposed Rules
- Compliance With Floodplain and Wetland Environmental Review Requirements Comments Due: 7/15/2025 #Campus Development
- Proposed Priorities and Definitions-Secretary’s Supplemental Priorities and Definitions on Evidence-Based Literacy, Education Choice, and Returning Education to the States Comments Due: 6/20/2025 #Academic Affairs
- Alabama: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions Comments Due: 6/23/2025 #EHS
Notices
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 Comments Due: 7/1/2025 #Campus
- Withdrawal of Notices Inviting Application and Cancellation of the Competitions for the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program, Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program, and Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program Effective: 5/9/2025 #Campus
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2026-2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) Comments Due: 6/13/2025 #Student Financial Aid
- Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs; 2025-26 Award Year Deadline Dates Deadline Dates: Vary by Program #Student Financial Aid
- Submission for OMB Review; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 32 Requirements Comments Due: 6/26/2025 #Procurement #Contracts
- Submission for OMB Review; Government Property Comments Due: 6/26/2025 #Contracts
- Submission for OMB Review; Travel Costs Comments Due: 6/26/2025 #Procurement
- Submission for OMB Review; Value Engineering Requirements Comments Due: 6/26/2025 #Contracts
Items of Interest
- National Science Foundation caps indirect research costs at 15% for new grants to colleges The move comes after federal judges blocked similar policies at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Higher Education Leaders Call for Greater Defense of Board Independence More than 200 college and university presidents, board chairs, sector association leaders, and heads of accrediting agencies have called on higher education leadership to uphold the independence of governing boards and institutional autonomy.
- Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing. As more students take college-level classes in high school, researchers are identifying ways to ensure the classes are accessible to everyone.
- Congress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive.
- Colleges Invest in Range of Basic Needs Programs As more college students report struggling with financial obligations, institutions are thinking outside the box to meet their needs.
- How the Changes in NCAA Athletics Impact Everyone on Campus: The Key College athletics has fundamentally changed in the last two decades. With students earning thousands—sometimes millions—for their name, image and likeness and changing teams with greater ease via the transfer portal, athletics have transformed from amateur levels to something more akin to a professional sports league.
- Education Department Releases New Foreign Gifts Data Foreign nations gave $290 million in gifts and donations to American institutions of higher education between last July and this February, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education.
- How to Help Faculty Meet New Accessibility Requirements Only 10 percent of faculty believe their college provides adequate tools to support students with disabilities, making it hard to meet updated ADA mandates on digital accessibility.
- 2025 Higher Education Trends A look at the challenges and opportunities shaping America’s higher education sector.
- AI and Threats to Academic Integrity: What to Do Three in four chief technology officers say that artificial intelligence has proven to be a moderate or significant risk to academic integrity at their institution. Experts have ideas as to what can help.
- Simplicity as strategy: The future of higher ed procurement How AI and strategic simplification are transforming campus purchasing operations.
Policy Updates
- The Property and Inventory Management Policy was updated on May 5, 2025 to update thresholds in the regulations.
- Payments to Students Policy was updated on May 5, 2025 to update workflow processes.
- The Consensual Romantic Relationships Policy was updated on May 5, 2025 to provide clarifying language and fix some links.
- The Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy was updated on May 5, 2025 to provide clarifying language.
- The Public Safety and Emergency Management Policy was updated on May 13, 2025 to reflect new organizational structure.
- The Policy Development and Management Policy was updated on May 13, 2025 to change the periodic review frequency from annual to two years.
- The Employee Address Requirement Policy is a new policy created to ensure employee records include accurate and up-to-date addresses for all employees. It was approved on May 20, 2025.
- The Employment of Foreign Nationals Policy is a new policy that outlines the requirements for hiring foreign nationals. It was approved on May 27, 2025.