Dismantling the agency could disrupt programs and protections that millions of students and families rely on, including federal Pell grants for low-income students, other key forms of financial aid and campus civil rights protections.
A new study from Dartmouth College suggests that test-optional admissions policies may be making it harder for high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds to get into top colleges.
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College and university endowments expanded by 4% in fiscal year 2024 thanks to improved annual returns and gift-giving, according to the annual NACUBO-Commonfund Study.
Community colleges must move beyond credential completion and prioritize ROI, economic mobility and workforce outcomes, according to the Community Vibrancy Framework.
The U.S. Education Department is scrapping last-minute guidance issued by the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules.
The agency said it would not allow any members of the Department of Government Efficiency to see or use information from federal student aid databases until next Monday.
