The education secretary and Democrats on the House education committee tussled over caps on federal student loans, what role the government should play in trying to improve abysmal literacy rates —and whether the U.S. Department of Education should exist at all.

The biggest payoffs for students seeking bachelor’s degrees occurred in engineering and architecture; business and economics; and security and protective services degrees.

An ACC endorsement of the 24-team CFP would side with the Big Ten and Big 12 while putting major pressure on the SEC in future expansion talks.

This growth masks stark regional disparities, with 80% of young people in Western Europe and Northern America enrolled in higher education, 59% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 37% in the Arab States region, 30% in South and West Asia, and 9% in sub-Saharan Africa.