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Workforce Pell Has (Nearly) Arrived; It’s Not What Was Intended
Many short-term programs won’t qualify, and the necessary data systems are lacking. These limitations are a matter of (statutory) design.
Loan Caps Will Steer Students Toward Riskier Private Lending
The hope is that graduate loan caps will put pressure on institutions to lower costs. But the caps could cost students much more in the long run.
Why Students Take on Debt—and What It Reveals
A new Trellis Strategies report finds that many students are using loans to cover rising living costs while juggling work, caregiving and financial uncertainty.
DOJ Continues Fight Over Minnesota’s In-State Tuition Policy for Noncitizens
The Future Is Creative
Yet the proposed accountability framework tying programs’ eligibility for federal aid to graduate earning outcomes puts the future of arts education at risk.
Smith College Faces Federal Investigation for Admitting Trans Women
The Trump administration argues that allowing “biological males” into “women’s intimate spaces” violates Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination.
Loan Limits Finalized, but Litigation Looms
Advocates and higher ed groups called on Congress to take action to expand the definition of professional programs.
ED Rejects Call to Expand Access to Higher Graduate Loan Caps
Under the final rule, the agency is sticking with its plan to categorize 11 degree programs as professional, giving them access to the $200,000 limit.