US federal judge blocks new regulation targeting for-profit colleges

FILE - Flags decorate a space outside the office of the education secretary at the Education Department, Aug. 9, 2017, in Washington.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a regulatory provision targeting for-profit colleges that was scheduled to take effect in July 2024.

Times Higher Education reports that the rule, which would affect student loans, was challenged by for-profit institutions. (June 2024)