Government

The Education Department is right to try to regulate third-party providers and curtail online marketing, but there’s a simpler, more transparent way to do it, James DeVaney and John Katzman write.

The department’s guidance expanding the definition of third-party servicers has already been delayed until September because of initial pushback from the higher education industry.

Inside Higher Ed asked 40 public college presidents in Florida to weigh in on state higher education reforms. None were willing to speak, even when offered anonymity.

Advocates for students say accessing SNAP benefits will be more difficult once the pandemic health emergency ends and that broader reforms to the program are needed.

Several lawmakers suggested that Congress could take action to better protect free speech on college campuses—but how they would do so is unclear.

Higher education associations want the Education Department to repeal the entire free inquiry rule put in place by the Trump administration.

The draft is the first glimpse of what the new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid will look like when it launches later this year.

President Biden’s student loan policies came under fire during a House hearing that featured lots of talking points and few specific policy solutions.