US: Too many rules in higher education, study finds

After surveying more than 2,000 higher education officials about which federal regulations they find too burdensome, a federal panel now has its answer: almost all of them, writes Libby A Nelson for Inside Higher Ed.

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance last week released the preliminary findings of its Higher Education Regulations Study, which asked college officials from all sectors of higher education about which of 15 regulations they would change or eliminate. The result was akin to a primal scream.

Eighty-six percent of officials found regulations under the Higher Education Act burdensome or overly burdensome. Of the 15 regulations the panel asked about, a majority of respondents said 14 were "burdensome" or "very burdensome", and cited 13 whose elimination would yield significant savings for colleges.
Full report on the Inside Higher Ed site