By Paul Fain. The education committee of the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives this week will begin a series of five hearings on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, the law that governs federal financial aid. More...
Trump Signs Broad Executive Order
By Andrew Kreighbaum. President delivers on promise to punish colleges that don't show they guarantee free speech on campus, and includes language on outcomes data and risk sharing. But it's unclear what force it will carry. More...
Democratic Legislation Targets For-Profit Colleges
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The bill would adjust the so-called 90-10 rule, which limits the amount of revenue for-profit colleges can take in from federal sources, and set a new cap at 85 percent. It would also end a loophole allowing for-profits to receive veteran student aid like GI Bill benefits without having it count against their cap. More...
DeVos Questioned on Short-Term Pell Grants
By Andrew Kreighbaum. House Democrats on Tuesday questioned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on a Trump administration proposal to open the Pell Grant program to "high-quality" short-term programs. More...
White House Looks to Curb Student Lending
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As talks on new higher ed legislation heat up on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration weighs in with its priorities. More...
Trump Seeks Billions in Cuts
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Congressional appropriators have rejected previous White House calls to cut student aid. New budget plan also backs congressional deal on "risk sharing" for colleges. More...
Argosy on Brink of Closure
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The for-profit college chain will shut down today, affecting several thousand students, if a new buyer is not secured -- a scenario observers say has small chances of happening. More...
A Bookend Experience
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Macalester College's graduating class will hear a commencement speaker this year who also addressed them during their freshman year. Officials say the encore speech brings the students’ educational journey full circle. More...
Appeals Court Allows Kansas State Rape Suit to Proceed
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A federal appeals court will not toss out a lawsuit by two Kansas State University students who alleged that administrators refused to investigate their rapes and other reports of sexual assault in off-campus fraternity houses. More...
Can Chapel Hill Take a Joke With a Point?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University removed a student's satire website on race relations -- and restored it only after faced with legal pressure. More...