A Plan for Deregulating Higher Ed - Michael Stratford, Inside Higher Ed

On Wednesday, a group of 16 college presidents and higher education leaders handed Alexander a blueprint to do just that. And their sweeping recommendations are more like clearing a forest than thinning a flower bed. The report calls for the elimination of dozens of federal rules and requirements and the simplification of dozens more. The 144-page document criticizes the sheer volume of federal rules and guidelines, and it says that the U.S. Department of Education produces, on average, more than one new directive or clarification every working day of the year. The report takes aim at Congressional mandates slipped into the Higher Education Act at various times from lawmakers in both parties. But the task force also criticizes the Education Department's rule making and blasts key parts of the Obama administration's regulatory agenda as overreaching and unnecessary. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/02/13/senate-sponsored-report-calls-simplified-and-fewer-regulations-colleges