“…This rulemaking process for higher education follows a procedure that is governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, the Higher Education Act, certain executive orders, and other federal laws. This process (as described more fully in Kerwin & Furlong, 2015;Natow, 2017Natow, , 2019Office of the Federal Register, 2011 andPelesh, 1994) generally proceeds in the following manner: First, the Department of Education decides to create a new regulation. Unless a limited exception applies, the department must post a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking containing the details and language of the proposed regulation in the Federal Register.…”