The Department of Education manages a $1.47 trillion student loan portfolio as of FY24. Some policy leaders are uncertain whether other federal agencies are prepared to absorb the responsibility.
Dismissing the value of a college degree has become a national pastime. Everyone from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill is jockeying to land the hardest punch on higher education.
The well-being of LGBTQ+ young people suffers not because of who they are but due to mistreatment and stigmatization, a leading suicide-prevention organization contends.
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.
Tribal colleges and universities say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them. Their funding is protected by treaties and other legal obligations on the federal government.
Some 60 colleges and universities now face "enforcement actions" over claims of campus antisemitism, the U.S. Department of Education warned just a few days after yanking $400 million in grants from Columbia University over alleged civil rights infractions.
