Schools Asked for 12 Hours of Voluntary Partnership Compliance Details
Published Date: 6/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is asking 250 educational institutions to share info about their compliance with partnership agreements to help reduce risks and improve standards. This new data collection will take about 12 hours per response and is voluntary. Comments on this plan are open until July 18, 2025, so schools and the public can weigh in before it moves forward.
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250 schools asked for 12-hour compliance reports
The Department of Defense is asking 250 educational institutions to complete a voluntary compliance report that takes about 12 hours per response. The selected institutions were chosen from a population of over 2,700 using over 24,000 pieces of data, producing an annual total burden of 3,000 hours.
Selected schools get compliance feedback and corrective plans
If your institution is one of the 250 chosen, the DoD Institutional Compliance Program will perform an in-depth assessment and provide critical feedback so your school can implement Corrective Action Plans to improve compliance with its Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding.
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