Eight current and former staffers at the U.S. Education Department expressed dismay over a recent Supreme Court decision they fear will blunt major regulations affecting K-12 schools and colleges.

The body of Won Jang, a 20-year-old at the Ivy League university, was recovered 65 feet offshore in the Connecticut River Sunday. He was reported missing after last being seen alive around the docks Saturday night.

The Committee on Education and the Workforce's action marks the first time in college sports officials' recent era of Congressional lobbying efforts that a bill has even received a committee vote.

Beginning next year, a decline in the number of 18-year-old Americans is projected to take another big toll on undergraduate enrollment. Basic math suggests that it will eventually hit graduate programs, too.

Students being denied conferment—some of whom have faced arrests, expulsions, suspensions and other disciplinary action—say they're in limbo and are being made into examples. In the worst-case scenario, they'll be saddled with debt and will have no degree to show for it.

The agency said Thursday it hired an independent consulting firm to make recommendations about how to improve the Federal Student Aid office, which has drawn bipartisan scrutiny this year amid its bungled overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.

As the process for colleges to appeal government financial aid calculations remains in limbo, some low-income students enrolled in summer classes could fall through the cracks.

The budding tradition of walking the stage with loved ones marks a shift in how colleges are engaging with students from nontraditional backgrounds and elevates the often-unspoken contributions of family members.