Government

Higher education associations want the Education Department to repeal the entire free inquiry rule put in place by the Trump administration.

The draft is the first glimpse of what the new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid will look like when it launches later this year.

President Biden’s student loan policies came under fire during a House hearing that featured lots of talking points and few specific policy solutions.

House Republicans investigating the “weaponization of the federal government” want information from several disinformation researchers who were recently accused of being part of the “censorship industrial complex.”

The new application is one piece of a broader overhaul of the student financial aid system that’s taking longer than initially planned.

Possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university raises existential questions about the for-profit sector and federal regulation of higher education. A panel of experts weighs them.

Students from families that own farms or small businesses could see less financial aid under the new formula set to launch this year, but some groups are calling on Congress to fix the issue before the new FAFSA is released.

Free community college is back in President Biden’s budget. Although Congress is unlikely to support the full $90 billion, experts hope for a smaller budget item to provide free programs for about 90,000 students a year.