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Federal Register October 12, 2022 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions. SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education (Secretary) is issuing updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of […]

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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 11, 2022 Dive Brief:  DeVry University, a for-profit college, filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop the U.S. Department of Education from recouping tens of millions of dollars from the institution to finance loan discharges for past students. In August, the Education Department notified DeVry that […]

Insider Ayelet Sheffey October 10, 2022 A federal judge will hear arguments this week on blocking Biden’s student-loan forgiveness. In response, Biden’s administration filed its first legal defense of the policy. Its arguments focused on the authority granted under the HEROES Act and the need for pandemic relief. This week […]

Fox News Tyler Olson October 10, 2022 Lawsuit is first filed in Fifth Circuit, where appeals court dominated by GOP-appointed majority FIRST ON FOX – The conservative group Job Creators Network filed a lawsuit Monday challenging President Biden’s student loan handout, which would eliminate $10,000 to $20,000 in debt for many borrowers at […]

Committee on Education & Labor September 30, 2022 Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led eight letters to Biden administration agencies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee to denounce and call attention to multiple instances of executive overreach. The Members begin: “We write to bring […]

Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer September 26, 2022 Dive Brief: Six states sued the Biden administration Thursday in a Missouri federal court in an attempt to stop a wide-ranging student loan cancellation plan the president announced last month. President Joe Biden’s plan infringes on powers the Constitution gives Congress and […]

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott September 30, 2022 In another development, six states sue the Biden administration over the loan-forgiveness plan. In a move that could affect millions of people, federal student loans not held by the U.S. Department of Education will no longer be eligible for debt relief, the […]

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman September 29, 2022 A new study explores why students drop out of college or choose not to enroll. A new study suggests that students choose to stop out of college and others choose not to enroll in the first place because of a range of “psychographics,” or […]

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz September 28, 2022 Dive Brief:  The U.S. Education Department removed four colleges from its list of institutions whose students stand to receive automatic debt relief under a $6 billion settlement proposal, according to court documents. Last month, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted preliminary approval of the […]