• 25 April 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Virtual
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    A state hosted “college fair” to promote awareness of career/trade fields


    With a growing workforce need for trades in Connecticut, the Connecticut Office of Higher Education (OHE) sought to increase awareness and interest in career/trade fields to address these needs. To do so, OHE created CareerConn – a one-day career school expo that connects high school students, adult learners and veterans with leading postsecondary career schools and selected employers. In this panel presentation, attendees will hear about both the virtual and face-to-face CareerConn events, research conducted assessing high school counselors awareness of private career schools, and the successes and challenges from a private career school that participated in both events.

    Presenters:

    Sean Seepersad, Division Director, Academic Affairs, Connecticut Office of Higher Education

    Kevin Clark, Campus President, Lincoln Technical Institute - East Windsor, Connecticut

    Francis Giglio, Sr. Vice President of Compliance and Regulatory Services, Lincoln Technical Institute - New Jersey

    • 02 May 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Virtual
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    Borrower Defense to Repayment: What State Regulators Need to Know about the Rules, Process and Latest ED Activity


    The Borrower Defense to Repayment ("BDR") provisions of the Higher Education Act and related U.S. Department of Education regulations have recently been in the forefront of Title IV compliance matters. With various BDR regimes potentially applicable to schools and student borrowers, the Sweet v. Cardona settlement agreement for certain cohorts of BDR claimants, and recent litigation over the latest changes to the BDR regulations, it is important for all actors in the Title IV regulatory triad to remain current on how the BDR regulations are being implemented and what related actions are expected from the Department in the near term.

    Presenters:

    Jonathan Tarnow, Partner, Education Practice, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    Sarah Pheasant, Associate, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP