Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak November 21, 2025 The lawsuit is the sixth the agency has filed under the Trump administration over state laws waiving out-of-state tuition for eligible undocumented students. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Justice is suing California over its laws allowing certain undocumented college students to pay in-state […]
NCSL Autumn Rivera and Austin Reid November 21, 2025 A new Workforce Pell Grant could help states connect more adults to workforce training by expanding eligibility to short-term, workforce-aligned education and training programs. Workforce Pell represents a new phase of federal investment in flexible workforce training that can scale in […]
Nurse.org Chaunie Brusie November 20, 2025 Key Takeaways Graduate nursing students will lose access to higher federal loan limits previously available to professional degree programs. Nursing students will be excluded from certain loan forgiveness programs reserved for professional degrees. These changes create significant financial obstacles for students pursuing advanced nursing […]
Duane Morris November 20, 2025 Employers should take note of a new California law taking effect January 1, 2026, that restricts entering into contracts that require a worker to stay with the employer or pay for certain expenses advanced by or on behalf of the employer. Assembly Bill 692, passed […]
U.S. Department of Education November 19, 2025 Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent participated in a roundtable discussion with university leaders, think tank professionals, and education advocates about the need for bold reforms to restore public confidence in higher education. The roundtable, […]
AEI Preston Cooper November 18, 2025 The pandemic-era student loan payment pause, which effectively ended just last year, has left a lasting hangover. Recently, the Education Department provided new data (published by New America here) showing that nearly 12 million borrowers are behind on their federal student loans in some way. […]
Federal Register November 20, 2025 AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED). In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or […]
NASFAA Maria Carrasco November 19, 2025 The House Education & Workforce Committee met on Tuesday to discuss how innovative technologies and initiatives in higher education could be used to lower costs to students and families. The hearing touched on multiple technologies and initiatives done through institutions and states, and included […]
Inside Higher Ed Diane Auer Jones November 19, 2025 The current model has fueled credential inflation in the health sciences. During the first Trump administration, we promulgated new regulations for accrediting agency recognition that restored a college’s freedom to select an institutional accrediting agency that best aligns with its mission, purpose […]
Fox News Emma Colton November 18, 2025 The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the Department of Education signed a series of interagency agreements to shift power from a handful of its offices and programs to other federal agencies as it works to dismantle the federal department for good. “The Trump Administration is […]