U.S. Department of Education January 13, 2025 Approved discharge amount reaches $183.6 billion The Biden-Harris Administration announced today several additional actions to forgive federal student loans for public servants and borrowers with disabilities, as well as the loans of borrowers who attended colleges that engaged in wrongdoing. Across 28 debt […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 14, 2025 The U.S. Department of Education challenged a court ruling that temporarily blocked regulations for granting debt relief to certain students. Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to review an appellate court decision that blocked the Biden administration’s rules for granting debt relief to […]
Best Colleges Matthew Arrojas January 16, 2025 President-elect Donald Trump may very well spend his first 100 days in office reversing Biden-era higher education policies. Incoming President Trump will likely look to reinstate many of his previous higher education priorities. The landscape has changed, however, meaning new actions could be […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 14, 2025 Despite increased scrutiny of higher education and concerns about academic freedom, experts say the president-elect’s approach to policy could benefit colleges’ finances. As Donald Trump returns to the White House, academics have expressed a catalog of concerns about the vulnerability of diversity, […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 13, 2025 The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review President Biden’s borrower-defense rule that aimed to make it easier for a defrauded student loan recipient to seek debt relief. The rule, finalized in October 2022, has been on hold since summer 2023 after the U.S. […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 9, 2025 The Senate committee hearing to confirm President-elect Trump’s education secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, likely won’t happen until after Inauguration Day, Politico reported. Dr. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican senator and chair of the committee that will process the nomination, told Politico that the former wrestling […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 9, 2025 As multiple wildfires rage in and around the Los Angeles metro area and scorch thousands of acres, many colleges and universities in the region are canceling events or classes, closing, or providing shelter. Santa Monica College, Pasadena City College, Ventura College and Glendale […]
Inside Higher Ed Kathryn Palmer January 9, 2025 2U’s decision to shut down its coding boot camps is the latest sign that changes are afoot in the alternative credentials sector. In the 2010s, people who wanted a faster, cheaper on-ramp into a well-paying career increasingly turned to coding boot camps […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 9, 2025 An Inside Higher Ed analysis found that of nearly 40 higher ed policy topics on the Biden administration’s rule-making agenda, 42 percent have taken effect. But that’s still more than the first Trump term. Nearly four years ago, President Biden took office with ambitious plans […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 9, 2025 The ruling vacates regulations that had enshrined protections for the first time for LGBTQI+ students and employees. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide, declaring that the regulations violated the Constitution. The rule, released last April, offered […]