Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn November 22, 2024 In summary Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody November 27, 2024 Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon as education secretary came as a surprise to many in the education world, akin to a […]
Washington Examiner November 23, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and secretary of education nominee Linda McMahon have an enormous opportunity to reform higher education for the better. For decades, the higher education establishment has benefited from a firehose of taxpayer dollars through the Federal Student Aid program while imposing a brazenly anti-American political agenda onto generations of […]
Federal Student Aid November 25, 2024 The 2024 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference for financial aid professionals is fast approaching! The conference (Dec. 3–6) will feature keynote addresses from U.S. Department of Education leadership, five general sessions, two Foreign School sessions, 17 breakout sessions (covering the latest in financial […]
PYMNTS November 24, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are reportedly considering sweeping changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The GOP hopes to curtail the powers and funding of the CFPB, the Washington Post reported Sunday (Nov. 25), putting them in the same camp with banks, credit card and […]
ACE American Council on Education November 18, 2024 A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s overtime expansion rule, which was set to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility to $58,656 as of Jan. 1, 2025. The ruling, delivered by District Judge Sean D. Jordan—appointed by former […]
NASFAA Jill Desjean November 26, 2024 Any presidential transition brings a shift in executive branch priorities. This January will be no different. With the presidential election behind us and Donald Trump assuming office this January, NASFAA’s members are understandably wondering what will happen to the many regulatory initiatives pursued by […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee November 22, 2024 A report from California State University leaders this week said the nautical institution faces a “dire, binary choice”: Partner with another university, or close. Dive Brief: In a bid to save California State University Maritime Academy from closing, the Cal State system’s trustee […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake November 25, 2024 At least four Republican state leaders praised the president-elect’s plans to dismantle the agency, citing the need for more local control over K-12 schools. But higher ed experts say they’re overlooking consequences for colleges. An increasing number of Republican state officials are […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education William Deresiewicz November 21, 2024 Americans are fed up, and not just people who voted for Trump. The politics of the academy have been defeated. Its ideas, its assumptions, its opinions and positions — as expressed in official statements, embodied in policies and practices, established […]