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Education Department Faces Potentially ‘Disruptive’ Shutdown
A potential government shutdown could complicate the restart of student loan payments, efforts to issue final rules and the FAFSA update.
Higher Ed Groups Have a Plan to Improve Financial Aid Offers
Nearly a year after the Government Accountability Office said that colleges are failing to tell students how much their education will actually cost, a new initiative aims to provide students with more clarity. But skeptics say Congress still needs to act.
End the Student Loan Interest Racket
It’s time to stop charging interest on federal student loans, U.S. Representative Joe Courtney writes.
House Ed Committee Wants Stronger Campus Free Speech Protections
Latest DACA Ruling Leaves Students in Limbo
A federal district court judge ruled again that the program for young immigrants is illegal. Undocumented students and their supporters were unsurprised but dismayed by the decision.
U.S. Discharges $37M in Loans for 1,200 University of Phoenix Students
States Underfunded Historically Black Land Grants by $13 Billion Over 3 Decades
The secretaries of agriculture and education have issued letters to 16 governors, urging them to rectify the inequities in funding.
A New Legal Blitz on Affirmative Action
Challenges to race-conscious policies are surging in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, including a new lawsuit against West Point.