By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Government Accountability Office in a report released Thursday recommended that the Department of Education do more to verify the income and family size of borrowers applying for income-driven repayment plans. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. A brief released Monday in the journal Education Researcher finds that racial differences in student borrowing have diverged over the past two decades. Since 2000, Hispanic students have been less likely and black students more likely to borrow than white students, the brief finds. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Trump administration is seeking to review the finances of a troubled accreditor that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reinstated last year, an Education Department official said Tuesday. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Private debt collection agencies lost a legal battle with the Department of Education this week over their role in an overhauled student loan servicing system, dubbed NextGen by the Trump administration. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The country's largest association of prosecutors on Thursday endorsed legislation to repeal the ban on federal aid for incarcerated students. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Many regulatory changes sought by the Trump administration in an accreditation overhaul reflect shortcomings found at for-profit accreditor restored by Betsy DeVos. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Career Education Corporation reached a $30 million settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission last month, it disclosed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. Resolving differences over sexual assault procedures, including requirements for live hearings, emerges as one of the biggest challenges for negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. As lawmakers debate expanding Pell Grant eligibility to short-term programs, a new report from the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations released Thursday urges more efforts to collect data on the outcomes of current short-term programs. More...

By Andrew Kreighbaum. The leaders of 12 community college systems urged House and Senate lawmakers this week to pass an update to the Higher Education Act that includes priorities for two-year institutions. More...