On June 13, 2011, the Department of Education published its final regulations defining the term “gainful employment.” Under the regulations, a particular program offered by an institution would become ineligible for Title IV funding if it could not pass at least one of three alternative measurements in three out of four consecutive years. The first year that a program could become ineligible is 2015. On June 21, 2012, the Department released illustrative data indicating that all of the University’s programs comply with the regulations. Although the regulations were scheduled to go into effect July 1, 2012, the U.S. District Court in Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities v. Duncan, vacated most of the regulations on June 30, 2012. The Department filed a motion for reconsideration, which the Court denied on March 19, 2013, holding that the data collection required by the regulations was prohibited by statute. On April 16, 2013, the Department announced that it would add gainful employment, program integrity, Title IV cash management, and state authorization of distance education among others to a negotiated rulemaking previously initiated in May 2012. The first of three additional hearings to be held on these topics is scheduled for May 21, 2013. The Department has indicated that it anticipates negotiations will begin in September 2013.