The following are regulatory, operational, financial aid, and other updates regarding higher education.  Additional updates will be provided as they occur and are for the benefit of MTSU's faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as MTSU's community constituents.

• The National Collegiate Athletic Association, Board of Governors starts process to enhance name, image and likeness opportunities [for student athletes], (Oct. 29, 2019).
• NACUBO, Financial Responsibility Standards 19-04 (Oct. 21, 2019).
• United State Department of Education, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures, 84 FR 46943 (Sept. 6, 2019).
• United States Departmert of Education, Final Rule Regarding Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment, 34 CFR Parts 668, 682, and 685 (unofficial Final Rule) (Aug. 30, 2019).
• Final Rule by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds (Aug. 12, 2019).
• Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption, 84 FR 41677 (Aug.15, 2019).
• Letter by ACE to the Department of Education Seeking Clarification Regarding Reporting Requirements Under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act (Aug. 9, 2019).
• Letter by the Department of Education Regarding California’s Efforts to Comply with the 2016 Regulations Governing State Authorization of Distance and Correspondence Education Providers (Aug. 2, 2019).
• State Authorization Regulations 2016: Questions and Answers (July 22, 2019).
• Final Regulations by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education on Program Integrity: Gainful Employment (July 1, 2019)
• Department of Education Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Student Assistance General Provisions, the Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, and the Secretary's Recognition Procedures for State Agencies (June 12, 2019)
• Notice by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Announcing Free Application for Federal Student Aid Information to be Verified for the 2020-2021 Award Year (May 24, 2019)
• United States Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Correcting Historical Program-Level Enrollment Data for College Scorecard Metrics (May 21, 2019).
• United States Department of Labor, 84 FR 21300; 29 CFR 548 and 778 (May 14, 2019).
• American Council on Education, Memorandum on Foreign Influence and Espionage in Academic Settings (May 10, 2019).
• United States Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #119 - Release of the 2019 GE Disclosure Template (May 9, 2019).
• Office of Postsecondary Education, Guidance Concerning Some Provisions of the 2016 Borrower Defense to Repayment Regulations (March 15, 2019) 
• Internal Revenue Service, Parking Expenses for Qualified Transportation Fringes Under § 274(a)(4) and § 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.(Notice 2018-99) (Dec. 18, 2018).
• Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Dept. of Treasury, Interim Guidance Under Section 4960 (Notice 2019-09) (Jan. 4, 2019).
• National Science Foundation, Significant Changes and Clarifications to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, NSF-19-1 (Jan. 28, 2019).
• United States Department of Education, Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety (Dec. 18, 2018).
• United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Case Processing Manual (Nov. 19, 2018).
• United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act, 83 FR 57592 - 57630, No. 221 (Nov. 15, 2018).
• National Science Foundation, News Release 18-082, NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment (Sept. 19, 2018).
• United States Department of Education, Department of Education Proposes Rescission of Gainful Employment Regulation, Proposed Rules, 83 FR 40167, No. 157 (Aug. 14, 2018).
• Executive Order 11246 § 204(c), Religious Exemption (Sept. 24, 1965), as amended, 13798 (May 4, 2017), 13831 (May 3, 2018); Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, DIR 2018-03 (Aug. 10, 2018).
• United States Department of Homeland Security, Policy Memorandum: Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants, PM-602-1060.1 (Aug. 9, 2018); INA 212(a)(9)(B) and 212(a)(9)(C).
• Scott Jaschik, Falsification of Data at Temple University: A Culture Focused on Rankings, Inside Higher Ed. (July 30, 2018).
• Andrew Kreighbaum, FAFSA for Your Phone, Inside Higher Ed (July 24, 2018).
• Scott Jaschik, Indictment Alleges Bribery in Admissions at Penn, Inside Higher Ed (July 23, 2018.
• U.S. Department of Education, Updates to Department of Education and Department of Justice Guidance on Title VI (Bulletin on Withdrawal of Prior DOE/DOJ Guidances) (July 3, 2018).
• Department of Transportation, "Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects: Six Month Delay of the General Compliance Provisions...", 49 CFR Part 11 (June 19, 2018).
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Unlawful Presence F, J, and M nonimmigrants (May 10, 2018).
• U.S. Department of Labor, Wage, and Hour Division, Fact Sheet # 17S: Higher Education Institutions and Overtime Pay Under the Fair Labor Standards Act  (Mar. 2018).
• Research Services. Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects: Delay of the Revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, 83 FR 2885, et seq. (Jan. 22, 2018).
• Gainful Employment 2018 Disclosure Template.
• Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs; 2018-2019 Award Year Deadline Dates (Jan. 3, 2018).
• U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (Jan. 2018).