"Negotiators appeared to make progress Tuesday on incentive compensation, one of the most contested issues under consideration as the U.S. Department of Education revises its regulations governing institutions' eligibility for federal financial aid," Inside Higher Ed reports. "The day began with a small group of negotiators releasing to the department and to the public a proposed revision -- drafted since the previous round of rule making in December -- of an incentive compensation rule specifying the kinds of pay to recruiters that are banned by a 1992 amendment to the Higher Education Act. ... The leader of the group, Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education, said the proposal it presented Tuesday was built on the premise that college recruiters "should not be compensated in the same way as people who sell timeshares." Compensation adjustments should be merit-based, the groups agreed, but not on the number of students brought in."

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New Regulatory Language on Compensation of Student Recruiters Is Proposed The Chronicle of Higher Education (A paid subscription may be required)

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