AEI Preston Cooper July 23, 2025 Students are not the only ones who enjoyed a reprieve during the nearly five-year pause on federal student loan payments. Colleges also got a break from a rule that bars them from the federal student aid system if their former students’ loan default rates are too high. Now that […]
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Cooley Ed Jay Vaughan and Vanessa Agudelo July 16, 2025 On July 4, President Donald Trump signed “The Act,” commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as part of the budget reconciliation process and, among other changes, amended the Higher Education Act of 1965. While the law includes a number of elements impacting higher education […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz July 17, 2025 The credit rating agency expects the environment for the higher education sector to deteriorate in 2025, thanks to federal policy shifts and other challenges. Dive Brief: Operating margins at private nonprofit colleges have plummeted to their lowest levels in over a decade due to growing financial challenges, […]
Read MoreHigher Ed Dive Roger Riddell July 16, 2025 Career and technical education is among the workforce development programs to be jointly administered with the U.S. Department of Education. Dive Brief: Management of key federal workforce development programs will begin shifting from the U.S. Department of Education to the U.S. Department of Labor under an interagency […]
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