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U.S. Discharges $37M in Loans for 1,200 University of Phoenix Students
More than 1,200 University of Phoenix students will have their student loans forgiven after the Education Department found that the...
U.S. Won’t Ask Transgender Question on New FAFSA
The Education Department is no longer planning to ask students whether they are transgender on the new Free Application for...
Opinion
A Change of Control
New regulations take aim at self-dealing and other abuses in for-profit–to–not-for-profit conversions, Kyle Southern and Carolyn Fast write.
Congressional Republicans Seek to Block Income-Based Repayment Plan
More than four million student loan borrowers have signed up for a new income-driven repayment plan, the Education Department announced...
U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students
The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans.
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Ban on Student Loan Collection Fees
A month before student loan payments are scheduled to restart, a federal appeals court has reinstated a ban on student...
Florida’s Accreditation Shuffle Begins
Education Department approves one Florida college’s application to change accreditors. A new state law—and Ron DeSantis—dictate that Florida’s 39 other public colleges do the same.
U.S. Fines Law Schools Over Financial Aid Violations
The U.S. Department of Education has settled with five free-standing law schools after an investigation showed that those institutions “improperly...