Government

Higher ed must resist attempts to pit one sector against another, Rachel Lipson and Robert Schwartz write.

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.

But instead of the Education Department taking the lead, the Energy Department proposed a regulation targeting transgender student athletes and other changes to equal rights in education.

Kimberly Terrell, director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, alleges that university officials told her not to publicly discuss her research after someone at the state capitol cited it as evidence that Tulane is “anti–chemical industry.”

About 125,000 aid applicants will have their IDs checked this summer. The department says the move is necessary to protect taxpayers.

The state and the group Students for Fair Admissions sued the federal government, arguing Hispanic-serving institutions—as currently defined—are unconstitutional.