Thompson Coburn Lorrie Hargrove , Tres Cleveland March 18, 2025 President Trump’s two diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) executive orders are back in force, for now. The two orders are: Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, Executive Order of January 20, 2025, 90 Fed. Reg. 8339 (Jan. 29, 2025) […]
Duane Morris March 18, 2025 In recent days, the Department of Education has announced two sets of investigations stemming from the administration’s application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The announced investigations are focused on institutional compliance within the context of the Supreme […]
Faegre Drinker John R. Przypyszny , Jonathan D. Tarnow , Cindy Irani , Sarah L. Pheasant , Asher Friedman Young March 18, 2025 At a Glance On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education announced a significant reduction in force (RIF), dismissing almost half of its 4,133 employees and closing most regional offices nationwide. These layoffs affect a […]
NASFAA Maria Carrasco March 18, 2025 A coalition of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Department of Education (ED) and President Donald Trump, seeking to block the administration’s latest plan to lay off nearly half of ED’s workforce. And late on Thursday night, a federal judge […]
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CNBC Kamaron McNair March 17, 2025 Nearly 43 million Americans owe a total of $1.6 trillion in federal student loans as of the end of 2024, according to Department of Education data. A number of factors determine how much debt borrowers wind up with and how quickly they’re able to pay it off, […]
U.S. Department of Education March 17, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that more than 8 million 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) forms have been successfully submitted and processed, nearly a 50% increase on the number of applications submitted at this time last year. This […]
LAist Julia Barajas March 17, 2025 Since January, the Trump administration has taken a series of actions that touch virtually every aspect of higher education in Southern California, including campus protests and financial aid. The changes could have huge consequences for students, educators and researchers. For instance, allowing Elon Musk’s […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake March 18, 2025 Sen. Bernie Sanders, ranking member of the Senate committee that oversees education policy, and 37 Democrats blasted Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a letter Monday, expressing “outrage” and arguing that the “reckless” cuts to her department’s staff last week will be “nothing short of devastating” […]
ERN James Murphy March 12, 2025 On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) announced that it had “initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.” Put more plainly, the Secretary of Education notified 1,315 of her employees that they “will be placed on administrative […]