Credit hour: Except as provided in 34 CFR 668.8(k) and (i), a credit hour is an amount of student worked defined by an institutions, as approved by the institution’s accrediting agency or State ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (center), Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas (right) and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming spoke with reporters Wednesday following their first ...

This week, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in the spotlight once again as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a high-profile case that could shake the very foundations of the healthcare law. As ...

A coalition of restaurant, retail and franchise groups has expressed confidence that they could push changes in the Affordable Care Act’s definition of full-time workers in the new Republican-led ...

Business leaders have been quick to back the Save American Workers Act, which Congress is positioned to pass, and which would increase the number of hours employees have to work to qualify for ...

For-profit-college advocates and state regulators in Texas are taking on the U.S. Department of Education over its interpretation of federal rules for determining what classifies as a “clock hour” ...

The Department of Education revisited proposed changes to asynchronous clock, credit-hour, and subscription-based programs in distance education. In previous years, the Department of Education’s final ...