Resources

Letter

Public Comment Letter Regarding Program Integrity and Institutional Quality

August 23, 2024

CHEPP submitted the following public comment to the U.S. Department of Education proposed rule on Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education, Return of Title IV, HEA Funds, and Federal TRIO Programs. The letter focuses on the proposed rules on distance education and return of Title IV funds, specifically outlining some of the impacts these proposals may have on institutions of higher education and the students whom they serve. CHEPP conveys its support for increased data collection for distance education programs, shares ways that these programs regularly interact with students, raises concerns with institutions current capacity to take attendance as the department has proposed, and urges the Department to consider the needs of new traditional learners who seek out distance education programs because of their flexibility needs.

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Public Comment Letter Regarding National Apprenticeship System Enhancements

March 18, 2024

CHEPP, the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), and the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) submitted the following public comment letter to the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration Request for Information (RFI) on National Apprenticeship System Enhancements. The letter opposes the proposed elimination of the Competency-Based approach to Apprenticeship on-the-job training requirements. The letter shares how this change will negatively impact ongoing growth of apprenticeships into more sectors, particularly in occupations not traditionally served by apprenticeships, including education. It also explains how prioritizing time instead of mastery of skills or content impedes the ability for training programs to act nimbly and limits the ability to rapidly update programs that must respond to changing workforce needs.

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Public Comment Letter Regarding the Confidentiality and Disclosure of State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Information

September 22, 2023

CHEPP submitted the following public comment to the US Department of Labor’s Request for Information (RFI) Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Confidentiality and Disclosure of State UC Information. Specifically, this comment answers the questions regarding access and use of UC data by private, postsecondary institutions of higher education. CHEPP supports institutions of higher education having access to UC data to help inform academic program development, improvement, and closure. Access to this data would also help inform students’ decisions regarding degree pathways and economic outcomes for different careers, as well as improve higher education institutions’ understanding of program outcomes by region, informing student academic and career advising.

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Comment Letter to the Senate HELP Committee regarding the reauthorization of ESRA

April 19, 2023

CHEPP submitted the following comments to a request for input from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee regarding its consideration of the reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA). To help inform the ESRA reauthorization process, CHEPP’s comments explain how education research can better capture data that is relevant for today’s higher education learners. The letter also asks Congress to use ESRA to improve reporting on innovative practices to better inform higher education policies, as well as improve data collection on college students with disabilities.