By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education last week announced it was extending the window for students who withdrew from a failed for-profit law school before its closure to request discharge of their federal student loan debtCommunity colleges would face big cost increases under House GOP's plan to overhaul repayment system for federal aid when students drop out. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education last week announced it was extending the window for students who withdrew from a failed for-profit law school before its closure to request discharge of their federal student loan debt. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. New Jersey governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday laid out the details of a plan to make community college free in his state as part of his first budget since being elected last year. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Negotiators appointed to revise the federal gainful-employment rule failed to reach consensus Thursday, leaving it up to the Department of Education to issue its own version of regulations for career education programs. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. A bipartisan group of 30 attorneys general signed on to a letter Thursday opposing House legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act over a provision that would bar states from regulating student loan servicers. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Four plaintiffs who attended Corinthian Colleges programs are suing Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education in U.S. district court over a plan to award partial relief of student loan debt to borrowers defrauded or misled by their institutions. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers -- although to varying degrees -- expressed frustrations with the proposed White House education budget in a hearing Tuesday. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Late last summer, President Trump signed into law a long-awaited update to the GI Bill -- a rare moment of bipartisanship in the first year of the Trump administration and a major victory for veterans’ groups. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Budget bill would increase size of maximum Pell Grant by $175, add $3 billion to NIH and preserve humanities endowment. More...