Trace Elements: The Business of Education Trace Urdan May 19, 2025 Many Americans know of President Biden’s high-profile efforts to forgive large swaths of student loans across broad classes of borrowers, first as part of Covid relief efforts and then as part of the HEROES Act, which was passed by […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee May 22, 2025 Critics worry that the spending package, now headed to the Senate, would have a “historic and negative impact” on college access. House Republicans on Thursday narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill that, if signed into law, would add new financial pressures on […]
ABC News Peter Charalambous May 22, 2025 The judge’s ruling blocks the government from firing half the DOE’s workforce. A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration from attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that bars the Trump administration […]
Cal Matters Adam Echelman May 21, 2025 In summary Faced with increasing financial aid fraud, the board of California’s community colleges is considering ways to charge students an application fee and tighten its identity verification process. Students are pushing back. Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, California’s community colleges […]
Market Watch May 21, 2025 IRVINE, Calif., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stanbridge University has been ranked among the top 5% of 4,600 colleges nationwide for 10-year return on investment (ROI) in the Ranking Colleges by ROI (2025) report by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, based […]
Cal Matters Delilah Brumer May 20, 2025 In summary California’s ESL courses gained 30,000 students over the past six years. As the Trump administration revokes student visas and escalates immigration raids, that growth is at risk. They speak Farsi, Cantonese, Spanish and at least two dozen other languages. Some earned […]
Inside Higher Ed Ashley Mowreader May 22, 2025 Enrollments have grown for graduate schools, certificate programs and community colleges, but undergraduate numbers still remain behind pre-pandemic levels. Undergraduate enrollment remains slightly below 2020 levels, but college enrollment as a whole is making a steady recovery, driven in part by growth […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz May 21, 2025 During a budget hearing, some Republicans indicated support for dismantling the agency, while Democrats panned the proposed cuts. During a hearing Wednesday, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s proposal to heavily cut funding for the U.S. Department of Education during the […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody May 22, 2025 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ Senior College and University Commission has launched a review into its diversity, equity and inclusion standards, the accreditor announced Tuesday. WSCUC noted that its review is meant “to ensure that we remain in compliance with […]
Thompson Coburn LLP Aaron D. Lacey and Lorrie Hargrove May 21, 2025 In what many will deem a surprising turn of events (to say the least), the Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) revealed late last week that it intends to defend the Biden Administration’s Financial Value Transparency and Gainful […]