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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man with gray hair and extremely ruddy skin, wearing a blue suit and tie.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man with gray hair and extremely ruddy skin, wearing a blue suit and tie.
A photo illustration of an apple core with a small U.S. flag on a toothpick stabbed through it.
A photo illustration of an apple core with a small U.S. flag on a toothpick stabbed through it.

How GOP State Lawmakers Are Reshaping General Education

June 16, 2026

Legislators are increasingly determining colleges’ core classes, underscoring how higher ed has become a political lightning rod.

An arch on the Kentucky State University campus
An arch on the Kentucky State University campus
The Texas Capitol building looms behind a statue of a man on a horse with a gun.
The Texas Capitol building looms behind a statue of a man on a horse with a gun.
One of four posters Louisiana state attorney general Liz Murrill approved for classrooms. The version of Exodus 20 is abridged from the actual text of the King James version of the Bible.
One of four posters Louisiana state attorney general Liz Murrill approved for classrooms. The version of Exodus 20 is abridged from the actual text of the King James version of the Bible.
A photo of someone riding a bicycle in front of the U.S. Capitol.
A photo of someone riding a bicycle in front of the U.S. Capitol.

To Fund Pell, House Appropriators Suggest Ending Subsidized Loans

June 5, 2026

The legislation would also slash funding for Work-Study and other programs, but wouldn’t implement President Trump’s call to cut the NIH.

The gold dome of the Iowa State Capitol, or the Iowa Statehouse, against a sunny blue sky.
The gold dome of the Iowa State Capitol, or the Iowa Statehouse, against a sunny blue sky.
A photo illustration of Secretary of Education Linda McMahon holding a brown taped-up box labeled "TRIO" followed by "To: States" over a map of the United States and "From: ED."
A photo illustration of Secretary of Education Linda McMahon holding a brown taped-up box labeled "TRIO" followed by "To: States" over a map of the United States and "From: ED."

$50M TRIO Grants? ED Gives States a Leg Up in College Access Program

June 4, 2026

The Trump administration is preferencing state agencies in some grant competitions for the college access program, and past winners could lose out.