DeVos and Team Put Own Stamp on Oversight
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Department of Education names new key employees in student aid office, signaling more collaborative approach to overseeing colleges. Critics see gentler hand for colleges and universities. More...
Education Dept. Ends Partnership With CFPB
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The agency this week quietly ended a collaboration with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to share information about student loan complaints. More...
White House Delays HBCU Conference
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Congressional Democrats and multiple organizations representing HBCUs have called in recent weeks for the event to be delayed until after the White House names the executive director of its HBCU Initiative. They also called for more action related to Trump's March executive order on historically black colleges, such as "developing a meaningful plan of action with concrete commitments to invest in and advance HBCUs," as the United Negro College Fund said in its letter to the administration. More...
Senate Bill Boosts Maximum Pell Grant
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Senate appropriations committee will consider Thursday a spending package that boosts the maximum value of the Pell Grant by 1.7 percent, using funds from the program’s reserves. More...
Senate Bill Includes Restoration of Pell for Defrauded Borrowers
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A Senate appropriations package approved last week would restore Pell Grant eligibility for defrauded borrowers, among other boosts to financial aid and college readiness programs. More...
Department Lays Out Options for Charlotte Students
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As Charlotte School of Law officially announces it will shut down, the Department of Education sets out potential options for former students. Those who withdrew from the troubled program before the spring will face a tougher path to discharging federal student loans. More...
‘Law Mart’
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Author of new study of for-profit legal education sector answers questions about the book and potential lessons for policy makers. More...
ABA Launches Legal Education Commission
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The American Bar Association on Wednesday announced a 10-member task force to address the challenging job market for new lawyers, falling bar-exam passage rates and other pressing issues in legal education. More...
President Signs GI Bill Update Into Law
By Andrew Kreighbaum. President Trump Wednesday signed an update of the Post-9/11 GI Bill into law after the bipartisan legislation swiftly made it out of both chambers of Congress. More...
White House Rejects Calls to Delay HBCU Event
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The White House will go ahead with the planned schedule for its annual HBCU conference next month, despite calls over the last week to postpone the event and warnings that some leaders of historically black colleges would no longer attend. More...
