Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Cancelling Student Loan Debt

| July 23, 2019 Up to $50,000 in student loan debt will be cancelled for 42 million Americans under a bill intr Read more

Scholars Critique White House Higher Ed Policies, 2020 Candidates’ Proposals

| July 15, 2019
Considering unease on many campuses regarding the Trump administration’s higher education pol [...] Read more

Poll Shows Biden With Early Lead in 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

by Monica Levitan | November 30, 2018
A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted the week after the 2018 Midterm Election s [...] Read more

Federal Policy Priorities Outlined at National Action Network Conference

| November 13, 2018
Voting rights, health care, economic uplift and criminal justice reform are key legislative pol [...] Read more

Still Separate, Still Unequal: American Indians and Election 2018

by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean | October 20, 2018
To be sure, the legacy of conquest meant that American Indians and enslaved Africans were often [...] Read more

Department of Education Scrapping Plan for Single Student Loan Servicer

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | August 1, 2017
The U.S. Department of Education announced late Tuesday that it was reversing course on its pla [...] Read more

Elizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step Up

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | February 1, 2017
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with th [...] Read more

DeVos Calls for Higher Ed Reset at Factious Hearing

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | January 18, 2017
In a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which Democrats cast her as unqualified to be s [...] Read more

Students of American Career Institute to see $30M in Loans Forgiven

by Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press | January 16, 2017
BOSTON — Students of the now-shuttered American Career Institute will have more than $30 mill [...] Read more

Sen. Warren Troubled by Trump Pick for Education Secretary

by Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press | January 9, 2017
BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s troubled by the record of Donald Trump&# [...] 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?