The Hill If you are a liberal education activist or liberal senator, you have fallen on hard times. You don’t have an opportunity to ram your misguided agenda through the Department of Education, the Congress or the White House, so what does one do? Perhaps round up a few of […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum June 5, 2017 Student loan borrowers looking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs — or to recertify their income levels — can once again automatically transfer their tax return data into applications. The Department of Education announced Friday that it had restored access to the […]
US Dept of Education April 24, 2017 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced new flexibilities available to institutions to use for verification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ®) information. The announcement is part of an ongoing effort to […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum March 10, 2017 Six days after the Internal Revenue Service’s data retrieval tool for the federal financial aid system went down, the Department of Education and IRS said Thursday they anticipate the tool will be unavailable for several more weeks. The ongoing issue is […]