AFPI Christopher Schorr, Ph.D., and Matthew Lobel May 10, 2025 President Trump Takes executive Action to Promote employment in family-sustaining Skilled Trades PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STREAMLING FRAGMENTED FEDERAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS A new executive order signed by President Trump directs the Departments of Education, Labor, and Commerce to develop a “Comprehensive Worker […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox May 12, 2025 House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive. Ask any parent or prospective student and they’ll likely tell you that between opaque financial aid calculations, questions […]
Fountain Hills Times Independent Steve Hunsaker May 2, 2025 I’ve spent the last decade building multiple home service businesses in Arizona. Along the way, I’ve helped nearly 300 other service business owners do the same. What I’m seeing now is a massive shift: Gen Z is walking away from the […]
Higher Ed Dive May 9, 2025 We’re keeping track of companies’ profits, losses and strategies to monitor major developments in the higher ed industry. The U.S. higher education sector includes a handful of publicly traded companies, which are federally required to regularly provide updates about their business and performance. These […]
The Hechinger Report Jakos McWhinney April 29, 2025 In some California colleges, determining whether a student is fake or real can be difficult Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds. While it has caused chaos at many colleges, some Southwestern […]
Federal Student Aid May 1, 2025 Dear Colleague: Currently, under section 496(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1099b(h)), an institution seeking to change its accrediting agency must submit all materials relating to the prior accreditation and materials demonstrating reasonable cause for changing the […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake April 29, 2025 The proposal is part of Republicans’ broader plan to pay for Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities. House Republicans are planning to upend how students and families pay for college in order to cut $330 billion in federal spending, according to draft legislation […]
Cal Matters Adam Echelman April 25, 2025 In summary Following CalMatters reporting, California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud. Nine Republican U.S. representatives are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Linda […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody April 25, 2025 The Trump administration aims to overhaul accreditation. Agencies say they are willing to work with the federal government on reforms, but Trump’s claims are misleading. President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign trail rhetoric Wednesday, taking aim at accreditors in an […]
Fox News Michael Dorgan and Paul Steinhauser April 23, 2025 Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and is currently the Senate Democratic whip Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Ill., the Senate Democratic whip and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election […]