Government

Most of the reforms are temporary, but they’ll still help hundreds of thousands of borrowers chart a renewed path toward loan forgiveness.

Both the use of COVID-19 stimulus funding to pay back outstanding student debt balances and federal relief proposals have the same major flaw: they are one-time options, writes Catharine B. Hill.

Congress has the opportunity to end the taxability of Pell Grants for lower-income students. But the provision -- like most other parts of the Build Back Better Act -- is in jeopardy.

Lawmakers hear testimony from players, coaches and administrators as they consider establishing federal rules to govern college athletics.

While Democrats agreed with the Biden administration’s proposed approach to closed-college loan discharge reform during a hearing, Republicans were interested in pursuing other solutions.

John Eastman, legal architect of “Stop the Steal,” and Claremont Institute pull out of political science meeting after their panels were moved online. The group threatens legal action, but many political scientists say Eastman has no place among them.

A bill introduced by two Democratic representatives would make it easier for institutions to be held liable for sexual misconduct that occurs on their campuses.

Congress must authorize the federal government to borrow more money by mid-October so that it can pay its bills, raising questions about federal spending as Democrats work to push through monumental higher education funding.