By Andrew Kreighbaum. For those who took out loans to attend for-profit institutions accused of fraud and abuse, delays from Education Department in reviewing loan-forgiveness claims are salt in the wounds. Inside Higher Ed spoke to several of those borrowers. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Trump administration is expected to name Johnathan Holifield, an author and consultant, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday ordered a collection of trusts that hold billions in private student loans to stop collecting on debt and pay a settlement restoring harmed borrowers. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Association of American Medical Colleges came out against the latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act in a letter to senators Tuesday. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education secretary’s speech on Title IX implied she could end many policies suggested by Obama administration. But many policies on campus sexual assault investigations are enshrined in law. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education secretary says department will replace “failed” guidance on campus sexual assault, praised by many survivors’ advocates, with temporary compliance “information” before soliciting comment and issuing new regulations. More...

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...

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...

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...

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...