Risk of Closed Institutions of Higher Education Receiving Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants
Investigation · Department of Education OIG · 2021-05-14 · about Department of Education
Report
Title
Risk of Closed Institutions of Higher Education Receiving Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants
Submitting OIG
Department of Education OIG
Component agency
Department of Education
Type
Investigation
Publication date
2021-05-14
Summary
The purpose of this report is to share with the U.S. Department of Education (Department) observations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) concerning institutions of higher education (IHE) that ceased to provide educational instruction in all programs of study (closed) and received or had access to coronavirus response and relief aid through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). We found that 17 IHEs that closed on or before December 31, 2020, applied for and were awarded a total of $4,912,675 of HEERF grants by OPE.