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The Trump administration must bring higher education to heel

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 college students who are then […]

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(GENERAL-24-138) 2024 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference – Virtual Event Platform Now Open

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 aid policy and operational updates), […]

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Trump Considering ‘Pretty Significant’ Changes to CFPB

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 mortgage lenders and other big […]

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Federal Court Strikes Down Biden’s Overtime Expansion: What This Means for Higher Education

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 President Donald Trump—resets the threshold […]

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