Career College Association v. Duncan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) CAREER COLLEGE ASSOCIATION ) d/b/a ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE ) SECTOR COLLEGES AND ) UNIVERSITIES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 11-0138 (RMC) ) ARNE DUNCAN, Secretary, ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Enormous amounts of federal funding for students at colleges, universities and other postsecondary schools allow Uncle Sam to wield a heavy hand in regulating access to such funds. The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has recently adopted a more intrusive approach promulgating…