Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott February 7, 2025 Momentum is building around plans to dismantle the department, but what does it actually do for colleges, universities and their students? Republicans’ long-sought goal of shuttering the Education Department got a boost this week as several media outlets reported the Trump administration […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz February 6, 2025 The agency said it is investigating San José State University, the University of Pennsylvania and a middle and high school athletics association. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education opened Title IX investigations Thursday into two universities and a middle and high school athletics […]
Ed Tech Adam Stone February 6, 2025 As generative artificial intelligence tools become available in productivity suites, higher education institutions have easy access to their features. With generative artificial intelligence exploding in higher education, students, faculty and staff are eager to get their hands on these powerful tools. To meet the need, […]
AOL Ayelet Sheffey and Juliana Kaplan January 28, 2025 Trump’s administration announced a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans set to begin Tuesday evening. The Education Department said student loans and Pell Grants will not be impacted. It’s still unclear which federal programs, like rental aid and nutrition assistance, […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman February 6, 2025 The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to take action on campuses, sowing fear among undocumented students. Higher ed leaders are struggling with how to respond. A Temple University student was arrested over the weekend after allegedly impersonating an […]
Politico Juan Perez Jr., Amanda Friedman and Bianca Quilantan February 5, 2025 Education Department staffers expressed confusion and shock as agency leaders held a staff meeting Wednesday that reiterated the terms of President Donald Trump’s sweeping plan to nudge federal workers into resigning. The meeting, occurring just a day before […]
Governor Gavin Newsom January 29, 2025 What you need to know: As part of ongoing actions to help support workers and businesses impacted by the Los Angeles area fires, Governor Newsom is issuing an executive order to defer licensing fees and streamline requirements for certain small businesses. The order also defers […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox February 5, 2025 The U.S. Education Department is eliminating the nonbinary gender identity option from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according to a Tuesday news release. The option will not appear on future forms and will be removed from the current form effective […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake February 4, 2025 Amid reports that the White House is finalizing an executive order to get rid of the Education Department, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that when he nominated Linda McMahon as secretary, he instructed her to “put herself out of a job.” “Linda, I […]
Cal Matters Dan Walters February 4, 2025 When Gov. Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly those with conservative politics such as Texas and Florida — he conveniently omits aspects that are less than admirable. The exclusions include California’s levels of poverty, homelessness, unemployment, utility […]