Government

Elsevier report on the pandemic-era research environment describes confidence gaps between scientists and the public—but also potential for increased engagement in science.

Authors discuss their book about “the student loan crisis among Black borrowers.”

Advocates praise new federal rules as a milestone.

Education Department also releases new accountability measures for when colleges and universities change ownership, along with regulations for prison education programs.

The U.S. government should stand with students by ending federal loans for for-profit institutions, Terry Vaughan III and Nicole Brunt write.

More than $14 billion in federal student loans have been forgiven under the program in the last year since the administration streamlined the process. The changes will now become permanent.

Nearly 22 million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened.