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Federal Student Aid  Posted Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Federal Student Aid Electronic Announcement ID GE-25-02 Subject: Extension of the Completers’ List and Reporting Processes for Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment Until September 30, 2025 This Electronic Announcement informs the community that the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is extending […]

U.S. Department of Education February 12, 2025 ‘The NIL guidance, rammed through by the Biden Administration in its final days, is overly burdensome, profoundly unfair, and it goes well beyond what agency guidance is intended to achieve’ The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced it […]

Politico  Juan Perex Jr. and Bianca Quilantan February 12, 2025 The Education Department terminated a swath of its civil service workforce on Wednesday, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The precise number of affected employees was not immediately clear. Firing notices were distributed to workers in the department’s […]

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. […]