Sweeping higher ed overhaul - LIBBY A. NELSON and CAITLIN EMMA, Politico

The Education Department’s regulatory machine will be churning at high speed for the next year, with results that could affect which for-profit colleges get federal financial aid, whether parents can easily get loans for their children’s college education and how colleges and programs like Teach for America prepare teachers for the classroom. The White House said in documents accompanying the State of the Union on Tuesday night that President Barack Obama also will use executive authority to encourage colleges to innovate. The Education Department was already working on this project, proposing waivers to some financial aid rules so colleges have space to experiment. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/sweeping-higher-ed-overhaul-102892.html