Inside Higher Ed Ryan Quinn March 19, 2026 The Education Department says its latest move to distribute its duties to other federal agencies will include Treasury taking on much more student financial aid oversight in the future. With roughly nine million student borrowers in default, the Treasury Department will “assume […]
U.S. Department of Education March 17, 2026 Today, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) issued the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 competition for the Talent Search Program, a grant aimed at helping students pursue high-quality postsecondary education or training, including Registered Apprenticeships. The awards will be issued on […]
Committee on Education & Workforce March 17, 2026 Under the leadership of Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), the Education and Workforce Committee released a new majority staff report on antisemitism on college campuses. “Antisemitism continues to spread like wildfire at schools across the nation,” said Chairman Walberg. “Over the past several years, we’ve […]
The College Investor Robert Farrington March 17, 2026 Key Points A new federal law creates a “Do No Harm” earnings test: programs whose graduates earn less than comparable high school graduates will lose access to federal student loans starting in the 2028-29 academic year. 93% of cosmetology certificate programs are […]
Inside Higher Ed Joshua Bay March 17, 2026 A new California Competes report finds that more than 100,000 adults with young children say childcare costs prevent them from enrolling in or returning to college. California is aiming to increase the number of residents with bachelor’s degrees to strengthen the regional workforce […]
Education Week Rick Hess March 16, 2026 What the cuts, layoffs, and agency shifts actually mean for schools The Trump administration’s ultimate objective is semi clear. The ambition is unmistakable. Bold measures have yielded real changes. But where things get murkier is how this is going to play out, what […]
JD SUPRA Brittany Schoeneck March 16, 2026 Higher education institutions across the country are facing a new wave of borrower defense to repayment (BDTR) claims. This recent development comes just as the federal government is working to comply with the final terms of a class action settlement involving the backlog of […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake March 17, 2026 Most experts say the primary goal should be finding the funds needed to plug an immediate $17 billion gap. But it remains undecided where those funds would come from or how to resolve the larger $100 billion deficit over the next 10 years. Higher […]
Inside Higher Ed Paula Marantz Cohen March 12, 2026 We must revitalize general education—and, in doing so, we will begin to solve other problems facing the university. Higher education is suffering on many fronts. Even as we decry government interference, most of us in academia agree that reform is needed. […]
Inside Higher Ed David Eubanks March 3, 2026 Accreditors are uniquely positioned to address grade inflation and issues of transcript quality. The meaningfulness of college transcripts has been eroding for decades. While national data on grades is scarce, there is plenty of evidence that A’s are becoming the default grade across much of […]