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 […]
U.S. Department of Education September 19, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Denial of Access letter to Harvard University (Harvard), following Harvard’s continued refusal to provide documents and information as part of an OCR compliance review to determine if Harvard is illegally […]
NASFAA Maria Carrasco September 22, 2025 While the House passed a short-term spending plan that would temporarily fund the government through November, the Senate ultimately rejected this proposal, creating uncertainty as Congress works to strike a deal to avoid a government shutdown by the end of the month. The House, […]
Inside Higher Ed Jonathan Helwink September 22, 2025 Thanks in part to Biden-era regulatory changes, the Trump administration has a powerful set of tools it could use to threaten institutional eligibility for federal student loans, Jonathan Helwink writes. Despite high-profile federal actions against universities like Columbia University; the University of […]
Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn September 15, 2025 In summary About 340,000 California students completed a financial aid application, up about 11% over last year. Nearly three-quarters of California public high school seniors applied for federal financial aid this year, soaring past last year’s figures by 11% and giving further indication […]
Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak September 16, 2025 Nursing, teaching and engineering would experience the largest gaps, per a study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Dive Brief: The U.S. will need over 5 million additional workers who have at least some postsecondary education by 2032, according to […]
Inside Higher Ed Ashley Mowreader September 16, 2025 Bethel University guarantees undergraduates a job on campus or a spot in one of its graduate programs if they haven’t found something better six months after graduation. For some students, enrolling in college can feel like a gamble due to the high […]
Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak September 10, 2025 Many of these students face significant hurdles to finishing their education, such as working 30 hours or more a week while juggling classes and childcare. Dive Brief: More than half of parenting students at community colleges, 56%, said they enrolled to change careers, according to a report released Wednesday by […]
Higher Ed Dive Ryan Golden September 10, 2025 The agency said it intends to revisit its overtime regulations but did not disclose a deadline by which to issue an update on the subject. The U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday it intends to revisit its overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards […]