By Marjorie Valbrun. When an environmental sciences professor at the University of Iowa learned that Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate change activist, would take part in a protest in Iowa City last week, the professor suggested in an email to colleagues that they promote it on the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Facebook page. More...
A Clean Loan Ledger for New Graduates
By Marjorie Valbrun. Billionaire donor's pledge to Morehouse College graduating Class of 2019 will wipe out $34 million in student loan debt owed by students and parents. More...
HBCUs Plan Cuts After Congress Misses Funding Deadline
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Senate's failure to renew $255 million in annual mandatory funding for historically black colleges is already having consequences on campuses, wrote Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, in a letter to lawmakers Monday. More...
House Dems’ Vision for Higher Ed
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Proposal would steer new money to community colleges, restore regulation of for-profit colleges and overhaul student loan repayment. But legislation hinges on Senate. More...
Warren to DeVos: Drop Navient's Contract
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Massachusetts Democrat puts loan-servicing giant in the crosshairs. But removing Navient from federal student loan program would be difficult, observers say. More...
The Private Sector Weighs In on Pell Grants in Prisons
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The effort to overturn a ban on federal aid for incarcerated students gets new support from corporate backer and state elected officials. More...
Law School’s Nonprofit Conversion Stumbles
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The American Bar Association rejected a bid by Florida Coastal School of Law to go nonprofit, but law school leaders are committed to the change in tax status. More...
Massachusetts AG Sues DeVos Over Debt Relief
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Education Department seeking debt cancellation for 7,200 former Corinthian Colleges students. More...
Democrats Raise Stakes on Dream Center Investigation
By Andrew Kreighbaum. In letter suggesting Trump administration improperly directed aid to for-profit college programs, top education committee lawmaker floats possibility of subpoenas. More...
Federal Science Panel Heavy With Businesspeople
By Andrew Kreighbaum. First round of appointees named to a White House science advisory panel is dominated by individuals from the private sector. More...