October 15, 2025: Chris DeLuca, an attorney with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., recently won an initial ruling from an Administrative Law Judge that reduced a postsecondary education institution’s program review liability from $927,000 to $27,000. The decision is on appeal to the U.S. Secretary of Education; a ruling is expected this year.
This result is an example of how Chris and the firm’s Higher Education Group attorneys represent schools in dispute resolution with the U.S. Department of Education and accrediting agencies and provide ongoing legal counsel and guidance to schools navigating regulatory and compliance challenges.
About Chris DeLuca: Chris has over 30 years of experience providing legal, financial, and management services to business owners and career school operators. He represents schools in dispute resolution with the U.S. Department of Education and accrediting agencies and provides ongoing legal counsel and guidance to schools navigating the regulatory and compliance challenges of owning and operating institutions of higher education. In addition, Chris provides legal counsel to both buyers and sellers in transactions involving the change in ownership of regulated institutions of higher education.
About the Higher Education Practice Group: The firm’s Higher Education Group attorneys work with colleges, universities, service providers and other academic enterprises nationwide to help them seize new opportunities, rigorously defend their interests, and successfully meet the challenges of a constantly changing business, regulatory and technology landscape. In particular, the group’s lawyers have special expertise with career colleges.
About the firm:
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
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