Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz September 30, 2025 The federal agency has begun contacting faculty and staff members to “review allegations of antisemitism,” Chancellor Mildred García told the system. Dive Brief: The California State University is facing a probe from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over antisemitism-related allegations, according […]
Reuters Nate Raymond September 29, 2025 Summary 1st Circuit allows Trump administration to reduce Education Department’s civil rights staff Administration cited recent U.S. Supreme Court order in related litigation Judge Myong Joun called Supreme Court’s order ‘unreasoned’ Sept 29 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the U.S. […]
Federal Register September 22, 2025 AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and public hearing. SUMMARY: This document contains proposed regulations that identify occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, and provide a definition of “qualified tips” for purposes of […]
Real Clear Politics Phillip Wegmann September 24, 2025 DETROIT — Linda McMahon dotes on students from a distance as she tiptoes between classrooms, dipping in just long enough to observe a bit of the lesson, whisper questions to the principal, and give the teacher an encouraging word. Class is just […]
The Conversation Jennifer L. Steele September 24, 2025 As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students. But college tuition has risen at roughly twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, and federal student debt climbed 500% to US$1.6 trillion during that […]
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 […]