Education Department Seeks to Ease Rules on Student Aid

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO, STEPHEN BURD, and DAN CARNEVALE

Washington

The U.S. Education Department last week proposed new rules that would loosen a ban on incentive compensation for college recruiters and get rid of a financial-aid regulation called the 12-hour rule, which some distance-education providers say stifles the development of innovative programs.

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