October 1, 1999

Colleges Don't Like Education Department's Pace of Reviewing Student-Aid Rules

By STEPHEN BURD

College lobbyists are worried that the Education Department may be shirking its responsibility to evaluate the rules it imposes on colleges that deliver federal financial aid to students.

In revising the Higher Education Act last year, Congress told the department to identify student-aid regulations that were no longer needed or that duplicated other requirements. A report of its findings is due to Congress next week, one year after the President signed the

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