Inside Higher Ed Kathryn Palmer October 6, 2025 More than half of those who seek to transfer credit report losing credits, which is a major barrier to degree completion. But AI can help streamline the process and reduce credit loss. A group of college accreditors is backing the use of […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 3, 2025 Although the Biden-era rule survived litigation, the Trump administration is considering making changes to the regulations. Dive Brief: A federal judge dismissed a case Thursday that challenged the legality of the Biden administration’s gainful employment rule, which aims to ensure that graduates of career education programs […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee October 3, 2025 A proposed agreement sent to nine institutions would give them priority for federal research funding in exchange for sweeping policy changes. Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to pull state funding from colleges that signed a proposed compact from the Trump administration seeking […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz September 30, 2025 The federal agency has begun contacting faculty and staff members to “review allegations of antisemitism,” Chancellor Mildred García told the system. Dive Brief: The California State University is facing a probe from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over antisemitism-related allegations, according […]
Reuters Nate Raymond September 29, 2025 Summary 1st Circuit allows Trump administration to reduce Education Department’s civil rights staff Administration cited recent U.S. Supreme Court order in related litigation Judge Myong Joun called Supreme Court’s order ‘unreasoned’ Sept 29 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the U.S. […]
Federal Register September 22, 2025 AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and public hearing. SUMMARY: This document contains proposed regulations that identify occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, and provide a definition of “qualified tips” for purposes of […]
Real Clear Politics Phillip Wegmann September 24, 2025 DETROIT — Linda McMahon dotes on students from a distance as she tiptoes between classrooms, dipping in just long enough to observe a bit of the lesson, whisper questions to the principal, and give the teacher an encouraging word. Class is just […]
The Conversation Jennifer L. Steele September 24, 2025 As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students. But college tuition has risen at roughly twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, and federal student debt climbed 500% to US$1.6 trillion during that […]
JD Supra Amundsen Davis September 24, 2025 On August 22, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the federal government will pause issuing new visas for foreigners seeking to be commercial truck drivers. On X, Rubio said: “[T]he increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads […]
Federal Student Aid September 22, 2025 On Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) office of Federal Student Aid distributed the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) Official Cohort Default Rate (CDR) notification packages to all eligible domestic and foreign schools. Federal Student Aid will publicly release the […]