Rather than retreat from the moment, institutions instead should seize it to fundamentally reimagine how they serve learners.

"It's easy to get really paralyzed, but the headlines right now don't mean anything has happened," says William Guerrero, chief financial officer at the University of Bridgeport.

Date & Time: Wednesday, March 5 at 12 p.m. ET Paying for tuition has become an increasingly complex process, with 55% of U.S. students relying on three or more funding sources to cover their education costs. In fact, 74% of students report that managing their financial-related activities requires moderate to very high effort, according to the 2025 Student Financial Experience Report by TouchNet, and research and analytics company College Pulse. In this podcast, we will discuss these and other results from this year's report along with actionable insights that will help institutions shift from complexity to convenience to better serve their students.

Here's a look at what the Department of Education does and doesn't do—and how much of it is protected by acts of Congress.