Food and housing insecurity, among other issues, are imperiling students' chances of earning a credential following the expiration of pandemic-era emergency funding, according to The Hope Center.
Student loans and Pell Grants are safe but Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says she has started the process of shutting down the Department of Education.
Despite colleges and universities slowly turning to AI for help with attracting students, their commitment to a "human-centered approach" is keeping some schools at shoulder's length in the application stage.
There are significant financial, operational and reputational risks associated with presidential turnover. If managed well, however, the transition can be productive and positive for the institution.
New college rankings from FIRE and ADL emphasize free speech and antisemitism over academics, diverging sharply from U.S. News rankings. Critics argue their flawed methodologies make them unreliable for guiding federal research funding.
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.
