Regulatory reform heats up again - Washington Update - Brief Article

Black Issues in Higher Education, Jan 31, 2002 by Charles Dervarics

After being moved to the back burner last fall, the U.S. Department of Education is reviving interest in streamlining federal regulations on colleges and universities.

Representatives of minority-serving institutions are among those who will participate in two separate task forces charged with the regulatory reform effort. One task force will look solely at student loan rules and regulations, while the other panel will look at other program issues, including the student-aid need analysis, data collection from colleges, and treatment of GEAR UP scholarships by postsecondary institutions.

Reginald Cureton, financial aid director at Morgan State University in Baltimore, will represent historically Black colleges and minority-serving institutions during the reviews. Cureton's alternate is William "Bud" Blakey, former Senate aide and Washington counsel to UNCF. Students, lenders and college business officers also are among those represented on the panels. Meetings begin this month and will run through April.