Washington Examiner November 23, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and secretary of education nominee Linda McMahon have an enormous opportunity to reform higher education for the better. For decades, the higher education establishment has benefited from a firehose of taxpayer dollars through the Federal Student Aid program while imposing a brazenly anti-American political agenda onto generations of […]
Federal Student Aid November 25, 2024 The 2024 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference for financial aid professionals is fast approaching! The conference (Dec. 3–6) will feature keynote addresses from U.S. Department of Education leadership, five general sessions, two Foreign School sessions, 17 breakout sessions (covering the latest in financial […]
PYMNTS November 24, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are reportedly considering sweeping changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The GOP hopes to curtail the powers and funding of the CFPB, the Washington Post reported Sunday (Nov. 25), putting them in the same camp with banks, credit card and […]
ACE American Council on Education November 18, 2024 A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Biden administration’s overtime expansion rule, which was set to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility to $58,656 as of Jan. 1, 2025. The ruling, delivered by District Judge Sean D. Jordan—appointed by former […]
NASFAA Jill Desjean November 26, 2024 Any presidential transition brings a shift in executive branch priorities. This January will be no different. With the presidential election behind us and Donald Trump assuming office this January, NASFAA’s members are understandably wondering what will happen to the many regulatory initiatives pursued by […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee November 22, 2024 A report from California State University leaders this week said the nautical institution faces a “dire, binary choice”: Partner with another university, or close. Dive Brief: In a bid to save California State University Maritime Academy from closing, the Cal State system’s trustee […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education William Deresiewicz November 21, 2024 Americans are fed up, and not just people who voted for Trump. The politics of the academy have been defeated. Its ideas, its assumptions, its opinions and positions — as expressed in official statements, embodied in policies and practices, established […]
Cal Matters Bob Stonebrook November 25, 2024 For a great many Americans, the November election results elicited an intense reaction. These responses, played out in real time on election newscasts and social media timelines, included everyday working people, media celebrities, television and movie stars, and even past and present politicians, including our […]
Federal Student Aid November 21, 2024 Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced it has officially released the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), 10 days before its Dec. 1 goal. The online FAFSA form is available to all students and families at fafsa.gov, and the Department is processing submissions […]
Ed Dive Kara Arundel November 19, 2024 The choice of the WWE co-founder and former SBA administrator is another out-of-the-box Cabinet selection for the incoming president. President-elect Donald Trump has named Linda McMahon, who served as administrator of the Small Business Association for two years in his first administration, as his nominee […]