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THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
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Across Higher Ed | ||||||
Education Department formally retires the 2024 Title IX rule A final rule published Sept. 29 repeals the 2024 Title IX regulations, which courts vacated in early 2025, and restores the 2020 rule text with a few minor exceptions. The department skipped notice and comment, saying the vacated rule was already unenforceable nationwide.
Sources: Federal Register, Higher Ed Dive | ||||||
Pocket rescission pulls $810 million, including international education funds The White House moved Sept. 26 to cancel $810 million in federal funding, including about $70 million for the Education Department's international education and foreign language programs and HHS grants for health equity and minority health research at universities. Because the request came days before the fiscal year ended, Congress had no chance to act; the GAO maintains the maneuver is illegal.
Source: Higher Ed Dive | ||||||
Gallup: Share calling college "very important" hits a record low Just 31% of U.S. adults now say college is very important, down from 70% in 2013 and the lowest since Gallup began asking in 1978. The share saying it is "not too important" rose to 29%, from 6% in 2013, though a separate Lumina-Gallup study found most workers still value a degree.
Source: Higher Ed Dive | ||||||
Federal panel backs SACSCOC renewal, deadlocks on ABA At its Sept. 24 meeting, NACIQI recommended renewing federal recognition for SACSCOC, now branded the Commission on Colleges and Universities, with a follow-up report due within a year. The panel split 8-8 on the American Bar Association's law school accreditor after department staff recommended it lose recognition; a senior Education Department official has 90 days to decide.
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Massachusetts tightens early warnings for at-risk colleges After abrupt 2026 closures at Anna Maria College and Hampshire College, the state will require private colleges to tell students by Dec. 31 each year if they may be unable to meet financial obligations within 18 months. The Department of Higher Education also plans to hire outside finance experts and expects teach-out partnerships to be arranged well in advance.
Source: Higher Ed Dive | ||||||
Campus labor disputes move toward strikes More than 100 University of Michigan graduate workers walked off the job after 11 months of bargaining, and City Colleges of Chicago faculty and staff set an Oct. 19 strike deadline after 96% of members authorized action. Harvard graduate workers opened a strike authorization vote after 572 days without a first contract.
Source: Inside Higher Ed | ||||||
DOJ adds UCLA Law to its graduate admissions findings The Justice Department said Oct. 5 that UCLA School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants, citing essay prompts it said were designed to draw out applicants' race. The finding follows similar ones against several medical schools, including UC San Francisco's in late September.
Sources: Inside Higher Ed, Higher Ed Dive | ||||||
In PT Education | ||||||
CAPTE's fall review cycle is under way CAPTE's fall panel meetings run Sept. 30 through Oct. 9, and its fall board meeting is set for Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, according to the commission's calendar. The most recent accreditation actions posted on CAPTE's site are still the spring 2026 30-day and 14-day notices.
Sources: CAPTE calendar, CAPTE Recent Actions | ||||||
Fall NPTE dates arrive; January deadlines are set The PTA exam runs Oct. 6-7 and the PT exam Oct. 27-28; registration for both has closed. For the January 2027 sittings, PTA candidates must register and pay by Dec. 2 and PT candidates by Dec. 23, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
Source: FSBPT | ||||||
Academy of Education seeks leadership nominations The APTA Academy of Physical Therapy Education is accepting nominations through Nov. 15 for treasurer, director for scholarly engagement, nominating committee and officer roles in seven special interest groups. Self-nominations are welcome; three-year terms begin July 1, 2027, after spring 2027 elections.
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TRACKEd: PT | Week of Oct 5, 2026
Title IX rule rescinded, an $810M funding clawback, and college value hits a record low
Oct 5, 2026