The Education Department is issuing and finalizing multiple sets of rules with clear consequences for providers and students. The Department released final regulations addressing when short-term programs can become eligible for the new Workforce Pell program, including state-level approval processes and student-outcome standards for programs as short as eight weeks. Negotiated rulemaking also produced consensus language on new accreditation standards, while separate legal challenges are targeting student lending caps and the definition of professional degrees eligible for a $200,000 aggregate loan limit.