U.S. Department of Education March 17, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that more than 8 million 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) forms have been successfully submitted and processed, nearly a 50% increase on the number of applications submitted at this time last year. This is a major milestone following […]
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LAist Julia Barajas March 17, 2025 Since January, the Trump administration has taken a series of actions that touch virtually every aspect of higher education in Southern California, including campus protests and financial aid. The changes could have huge consequences for students, educators and researchers. For instance, allowing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to […]
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Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake March 18, 2025 Sen. Bernie Sanders, ranking member of the Senate committee that oversees education policy, and 37 Democrats blasted Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a letter Monday, expressing “outrage” and arguing that the “reckless” cuts to her department’s staff last week will be “nothing short of devastating” for America’s students, schools and […]
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ERN James Murphy March 12, 2025 On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) announced that it had “initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.” Put more plainly, the Secretary of Education notified 1,315 of her employees that they “will be placed on administrative leave” next week, which will […]
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