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What Does the Education Department’s New Final Rule Mean For Religion and Free Speech in Higher Education?

by Sara Weissman | September 16, 2020 The U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule on religious liberty and free inquiry la Read more

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Addresses HBCU Leaders About Expired Funding

by Sara Weissman | October 10, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sent a letter to leaders of historically Black colleges [...] Read more

Holifield Works to Advance Interests of HBCUs Within Trump Administration

by Jamal Eric Watson | August 9, 2019
When Johnathan M. Holifield talks about future opportunities for HBCUs, he inevitably finds a w [...] Read more

DeVos Wants Income Verification Reviewed for Loan-Repayment Plans

| July 26, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has issued a statement calling for a comprehensive revi [...] Read more

DeVos Discusses Range of Topics at EWA Gathering

| May 6, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos addressed topics ranging from teacher strikes to the re [...] Read more

RISE Conference Engages Hot Education Topics

| April 11, 2019
Hot education topics ranging from workforce relevance and measuring student outcomes to school [...] Read more

Lauded Special Olympics Program To Continue with Federal Funding

| March 29, 2019
Unified Champion Schools, a Special Olympics educational program that has been saved from the f [...] Read more

Federal Education Department Releases Budget Proposal

| March 11, 2019
College funding, school safety and school choice are items addressed in the U.S. Department of [...] Read more

DeVos Gives Personal Donation to TMCF

by Monica Levitan | February 20, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has given a personal donation to the Thurgood Marshall [...] Read more

Legislative Summit Urges Community College Leaders to Advocate

| February 12, 2019
There’s a lot of important legislative and policy change afoot in higher education in 2019, a [...] Read more

House Education and Workforce Chair Discusses Priorities

| January 28, 2019
In a half-hour session Monday afternoon that seemed to pass faster than a New York minute, U.S [...] Read more

Higher Ed Observers Slam Federal Reprieve for For-Profit Accreditor

| November 27, 2018
While a major accreditor of for-profit schools has won a conditional reprieve from Secretary of [...] Read more

Department of Education Launches New App Making it “Easier” to Fill out FAFSA

by Monica Levitan | November 14, 2018
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Senate Education Committee chairman Lamar Alexander [...] Read more

Former NC Governor Named Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board

by Monica Levitan | November 4, 2018
Dr. Beverly Perdue, the former governor of North Carolina, was recently named chair of the Nati [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Recorded on October 22, 2020

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?