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Tax Reforms for Taxing College Costs
The current benefits available for higher education aren’t helping the students who need them most, experts told members of the House’s tax-writing committee.
Tying Colleges’ Hands
Arizona executive order barring public colleges from mandating COVID-19 vaccines, testing and mask wearing is expected to be codified into law.
Addressing Basic Needs Insecurity Through the BASIC Act
As college students across the country face food and housing insecurity, Democrats in Congress are hoping to pass legislation that can help.
Doubling Pell Has Broad Support, but Is It Attainable?
The value of the Pell Grant hasn’t kept up with the cost of college, making a substantial increase in the maximum award amount worthy of support from both sides of the aisle.
A Decades-Old Law, Now More Important Than Ever
Campus safety and sexual assault prevention advocates are pushing U.S. Department of Education officials to put more focus on enforcement of the Clery Act.
Supreme Court Upholds Payments to Athletes
Justices unanimously rule the NCAA cannot bar compensation for education-related benefits. But the narrow ruling may not upend the NCAA amateurism model as much as some had hoped (and feared).
Negotiated Rule Making Kicks Off
Commenters at the public hearing addressed topics related to federal student aid, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness, widespread debt cancellation and the responsibility of for-profit institutions.
How the For the People Act Would Impact Higher Ed
The Senate is expected to take up the House-passed bill, which would standardize federal elections across the country -- making voting easier for college students.