HIGHER ED DIVE — The Ed Department’s positions during the negotiated rulemaking sessions reflect the Biden administration’s desire to crack down on for-profit colleges. Several of the agency’s proposals would tighten regulations governing proprietary colleges and further limit how much of their revenue can come from federal financial aid. After private talks with representatives for student veterans and for-profit colleges Friday, the department reached a compromise on new language for the 90/10 rule, which bars for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90% of their revenue from federal financial aid. Military education funds, such as GI Benefits, do not currently count toward the 90% calculation, which has led parts of the for-profit sector to focus their recruiting efforts on veterans. However, Congress changed federal law last year to begin counting those funds toward the calculation, starting in 2023. The regulatory proposal being negotiated reflects those changes.