March 12, 2024 Colleges finally begin receiving financial aid data from Education Department after months of delays An overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, was not ready on time. It has caused cascading delays in the college admissions and financial aid processes.
March 5, 2024 Liberty University fined $14 million by Dept. of Education over failure to comply with campus safety standards Liberty University was ordered to pay a $14 million fine from the Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid over violations of campus safety expectations.
March 1, 2024 Ex-AZ education department workers used 'ghost students' to launder voucher money Three former AZ Department of Education employees were charged with conspiracy and money laundering in an effort to defraud more than $600,000 from an education voucher program.
February 25, 2024 FAFSA workaround allows Texas students with non-citizen parents to apply for college financial aid The Department of Education rolled out a FAFSA workaround allowing Texas students with non-citizen parents to still apply for federal financial aid.
February 16, 2024 Elite Vermont liberal arts college embroiled in antisemitism scandal: 'Hostile campus climate for Jews' Amid growing antisemitism on elite college campuses in the U.S., a Jewish NGO filed a legal complaint about anti-Jewish conduct and rhetoric they said exists at Middlebury College.
February 8, 2024 ACLU calls on Biden administration to 'reject' Holocaust alliance's definition of antisemitism The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday called for U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to "reject" the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism.
February 3, 2024 Reagan's education secretary urges schools to become a 'temple of learning, not social experimentation' Ronald Reagan's education secretary Bill Bennett addresses the rising chronic absenteeism plaguing public schools and decline in the U.S. education system.
January 28, 2024 How most school choice policies will allow government to ‘destroy’ private schools: Nonprofit president Sheri Few, president of U.S. Parents Involved in Education, warns that most school choice legislation being passed will end in a regulatory crackdown on private schools.
January 26, 2024 How most school choice policies will allow government to ‘destroy’ private schools: Nonprofit president Sheri Few, president of U.S. Parents Involved in Education, warns that most school choice legislation being passed will end in a regulatory crackdown on private schools.
December 28, 2023 Biden administration's Title IX proposal receives stark warning from UN expert: 'Detrimental effects' A U.N. expert on Wednesday scrutinized the Biden administration's Title IX proposal and offered a stark warning about the consequences should it be enacted