Government

The deadline to submit public comment on the Education Department’s proposed changes to “targeted” student debt relief programs has arrived. Democrats celebrated the proposal, while Republicans claimed executive overreach.

Governor Phil Murphy has called for an investigation into New Jersey City University's dramatic change in financial standing, which led NJCU to declare a financial emergency.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is calling on colleges to change how they approach student success. He unveiled a new grant program for minority-serving institutions and flamed elite universities.

The University of Farmington was created by the U.S. government to expose international student visa fraud. Civil rights activists from 40 groups are calling on the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to investigate.

A National Association of Financial Aid Administrators report shows the most recent data available on major federal student aid programs.

Eight college presidents meet with Vice President Harris to discuss their concerns about how overturning the right to abortion could affect higher education, now and in the future.

One of many reasons to celebrate the CHIPS and Science Act is the inclusion of provisions that address sexual and sex-based harassment in science, Katherine Jordan writes.

Republicans introduce a bill that would block the Biden administration from enacting mass debt cancellation and reform some aspects of the federal student loan system.