Policy and Legal Affairs

Sweeping changes to how colleges select accreditors and access financial aid aim to cement the Trump administration's higher ed agenda.

Education Department officials call the move "premature" and an effort to "sabotage" the agency's mission to eliminate bureaucratic barriers.

Without disparate impact provisions, a school that disciplines higher rates of minority students will face less federal scrutiny.

International students have four years to complete their studies or face federal immigration authorities.

Title IX allows schools to provide separate sports teams for men and women, as defined by biological sex, Supreme Court rules.

Workforce development has become the driving force behind some of the nation's most significant education reforms. One major higher ed initiative beginning July 1 is accelerating the trend.