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Resolution Blocking Debt-Relief Plan Clears House Committee
Federal Student Aid Funding Woes Complicate Resuming Student Loan Payments
Experts and advocates worry that the Education Department lacks adequate funds and won’t be able to prevent high rates of default and delinquency when student loan payments eventually turn back on.
‘Huge Sense of Relief’: How New FAFSA Could Help Homeless Students
On the new form, students will have to answer fewer questions about their status as unaccompanied homeless youth. Advocates are hoping the changes make it easier for students to access financial aid but worry about implementation.
Few Changes Planned to Foreign Gift Reporting Requirements
The Biden administration is largely sticking with Trump-era requirements that outline how colleges should disclose foreign gifts of more than $250,000. Higher education associations had urged the department to rethink its approach.
The Political Trials of a Southern Accreditor
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has been a frequent target in the partisan fight over higher ed. Its struggles could hold lessons for other agencies under lawmakers’ scrutiny.
N.Y. Higher Ed Leaders Celebrate ‘Transformational’ Budget
Trump’s ‘Secret Weapon’? College Accreditation
Accreditors said the plan was not practical and represented a shift for the former president. The issue of accreditation has become the subject of much debate between the two leading Republicans eyeing the presidency in 2024.
A Revised Second-Chance Pell Experiment
Students in prison will be able to access the Pell Grant when new rules take effect this summer as part of a revised pilot program.