Government

As talks on new higher ed legislation heat up on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration weighs in with its priorities.

State lawmakers, advised by Robert Shireman, want to fill what they call a void in federal leadership by enforcing regulations on for-profit institutions and recently converted nonprofit colleges.

Students at Sarah Lawrence want to review the tenure of a conservative professor who criticized student affairs programs as ideologically "lopsided."

University says proposed light rail line would pose hazards to its medical and research facilities, balks at crucial moment in 20-year transit partnership.

Congressional appropriators have rejected previous White House calls to cut student aid. New budget plan also backs congressional deal on "risk sharing" for colleges.

States are embracing undocumented immigrant students as colleges expand tuition-free programs.

White House may be planning executive actions on program-level outcomes data and student loan risk sharing, as well as on free speech, perhaps around the release of its proposed budget next week.

The Trump administration's plan to remove legal protections for transgender students could limit access to higher education and harm the Education Department's legacy, two community college presidents write.