Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake February 13, 2025 The House Budget Committee released its blueprint for a sweeping reconciliation bill Wednesday that would allow for at least $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and slash spending by at least $1.5 trillion over the coming decade, Politico reported. The budget resolution directs the House […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake and Katherine Knott February 13, 2025 The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department. Read more below for updates. McMahon Weathers Hearing Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department spoke for more than two hours Thursday, detailing her vision […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake February 12, 2025 Recent executive actions related to education have colleges and Democrats worried, but key Republican lawmakers remain supportive of Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department. Linda McMahon—a former wrestling mogul and longtime ally of the president—will likely experience a smoother confirmation hearing Thursday […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake February 11, 2025 The president nominated a former lobbyist for career colleges to serve as education undersecretary—the nation’s top official on policies affecting colleges and universities. A vocal critic of the Biden administration will oversee the nation’s colleges and universities, according to a document obtained […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee and Natalie Schwartz January 31, 2025 At Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s annual conference, sector leaders shared the policy shifts they’re expecting under the new administration. WASHINGTON — On the 2024 campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump accused the nation’s faculty of being “obsessed with indoctrinating […]
Update Ed Jessica S. High February 10, 2025 In 2020, the California State Legislature passed the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL’) as AB 1864. This law provided the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) with authority to oversee several areas of the financial marketplace, including private postsecondary education […]
CECU Career Education Colleges and Universities Litigation and Regulatory Update Through a novel and desperate approach, the Biden Department of Education late last year attempted to nullify the lawsuit brought by Cortiva Institute and the Coalition for Career Schools in the Northern District of Texas (360 Degree Education v. U.S. […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 31, 2025 We’re rounding up the trends, policy changes and legal shifts that college and university leaders could face in the year ahead. If January is any indication, major changes are likely coming to the higher education sector in the year ahead. President Donald Trump […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 31, 2025 We’re rounding up the trends, policy changes and legal shifts that college and university leaders could face in the year ahead. If January is any indication, major changes are likely coming to the higher education sector in the year ahead. President Donald Trump […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox February 8, 2025 The Department of Education is ordering an end to all spending and programs that “promote gender ideology,” according to an internal email sent to all department employees and obtained by Inside Higher Ed. The email lays out steps the department will take […]