Betsy Prueter
Senior Research and Program Manager, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
The United States Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent report Higher Education: Experts Cited a Range of Requirements as Burdensome examines federal statutory and regulatory requirements for schools to participate in federal Title IV student aid programs. Specifically, the report explores the specific requirements higher education experts found created a burden, the types of burdens such requirements created, and how the U.S. Department of Education typically sought stakeholder feedback on regulations and requirements.