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Officials and Advocates Seek to Halt Title IX Rule Changes Amid COVID-19 Disruptions

by Pearl Stewart | April 6, 2020 Three Senators joined 18 state attorneys general and a leading academic association to urge the Read more

Betsy DeVos Proposes New Regulations Regarding Online Education

by Jessica Ruf | April 2, 2020
The sudden shift to online learning as a result of COVID-19 has emphasized the need for updated [...] Read more

Ascendium Partially Halts Collection on Defaulted Student Loans For 60 Days

| March 31, 2020
Ascendium, a nonprofit loan guarantor, said in a statement yesterday it is partially halting co [...] Read more

Ed Department Urged to Help Erase Debt of Borrowers With Disabilities

by Jessica Ruf | March 4, 2020
Two letters sent to the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday urge Education Secretary Betsy DeV [...] Read more

Duke University Settles Anti-Semitism Complaint

by Shailaja Neelakantan | February 3, 2020
Duke University has reached an agreement with the Department of Education to settle an anti-Sem [...] Read more

Funding and Investment in HBCUs, a Focus of Discussion on Capitol Hill

by Sarah Wood | December 17, 2019
During the 2020 fiscal year, there will be a 15% increase devoted to strengthening Historically [...] Read more

Education Department Releases Average Debt, Earnings of Specific College Programs

by Jessica Ruf | November 21, 2019
The U.S. Department of Education has released information providing the median debt and earning [...] Read more

House Democrats Condemn Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection

by Sara Weissman | November 20, 2019
Democrats from the House Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to U.S. Education Secretar [...] Read more

Department of Education Will Cancel Loans For Art Institute of Colorado and Illinois Institute of Art Students

by Sara Weissman | November 8, 2019
The Department of Education will cancel student loans and restore Pell grant eligibility for st [...] Read more

Scholars Address Issues of Mobility in Higher Education

by Lois Elfman | October 27, 2019
Strategizing around how best to address policy makers on issues of access, student success and [...] Read more

Report Reveals Department of Education Ignored Warnings About Public Service Loan Forgiveness

by Sara Weissman | October 12, 2019
A new report by the House Committee on Education and Labor shows that the Department of Educati [...] Read more

House Committee Hearing Probes Problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

by Sara Weissman | September 19, 2019
Since the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program began in 2007, 99.6 percent of applications h [...] Read more

HBCU Conference Focuses on Building Federal and Local Ties

by Sara Weissman | September 9, 2019
The first day of the 2019 HBCU Conference focused on building federal and local strategic allia [...] Read more

New Department of Education Rule Impacts Defrauded Students

by Sara Weissman | September 3, 2019
The U.S. Department of Education has released its new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, desig [...] Read more

Vandalism Spurs Investigation at the Department of Education

by Sara Weissman | August 26, 2019
An investigation is underway at the Department of Education after an employee’s office was va [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19