By Andrew Kreighbaum. The U.S. Department of Education announced several new senior employees Wednesday, including a key former staffer of Senator Lamar Alexander on the Senate education committee. More...
Civil Rights Slow Walk?
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Trump wants to cut staffing at OCR, already facing a backlog of Title IX and other complaints, by 7 percent. More...
DeVos Appoints First Amendment Advocate to Key Position
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has appointed Adam Kissel, formerly of the Koch Foundation and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs, the department confirmed Monday. Politico first reported the hiring. More...
For-Profits' Suit Challenges Borrower-Defense Rules
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A group of California for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit in federal court this week seeking to block the implementation of borrower-defense rules finalized last fall. More...
Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Travel Ban
By Elizabeth Redden. The ruling indicates that students admitted to U.S. universities, workers with job offers from U.S. companies and lecturers with invitations to address American audiences all would qualify as having such a "bona fide relationship," and therefore would not be subject to the reinstated travel ban. More...
Shaky International Yields
By Elizabeth Redden. At undergraduate level, Southern institutions appear to be having a tougher time attracting students from outside the U.S. Nearly half of graduate deans see declines at the master’s level, and 31 percent at the Ph.D. level. More...
Trump to Announce Changes to Cuba Policy
By Elizabeth Redden. President Trump is expected today to direct changes to American policy toward Cuba, including by stepping up enforcement of the statutory ban on travel to Cuba for tourism-related purposes and by eliminating an option for Americans to travel to the island for individual people-to-people exchanges outside the auspices of an organized group, according to senior White House officials. More...
Another Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Travel Ban
By Elizabeth Redden. A second federal appeals court ruled Monday against President Trump’s travel ban, upholding an injunction imposed by a lower court. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the president’s executive order banning entry into the U.S. for nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, which Trump argues is necessary to prevent the entry of terrorists. More...
Texas Requires Credit-Bearing Remediation
By Ashley A. Smith. A wave of remediation reforms has swept across the country in the past few years, and now Texas has passed a law that features a popular approach to developmental education. More...
Cal State to End Placement Exams
By Ashley A. Smith. Many community colleges are moving away from placement exams as a means of determining the skills of incoming students. More...