Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

BY JENNIFER RUTH Yesterday, the Department of Education announced investigations into Columbia University, Northwestern University, Portland State University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities, explaining that widespread antisemitic harassment has been reported at these five institutions.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 15, 2025

Department of Education (ED or the Department) is taking a big step forward in making education data accessible to stakeholders and researchers. Heres what ED is doing to ensure education data is open to the public. EDs Open Data Plan focuses on the improvement of existing open data practices at the Department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Department of Education, teachers, students and union leaders are planning to rally Wednesday against recent actions by Elon Musk's Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that they say threaten both educational research and student privacy. In a mounting crisis at the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 17, 2024

Department of Education. The beleaguered Ohio institution faced financial challenges in recent years, spurred by a legal battle with the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Department of Education to push the reporting due date from next month to July 2025. The bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the U.S.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Department of Education (Department) is encouraging high school counselors, principals, and other school leaders; superintendents; parent and community groups; and local and state education organizations to take action raising awareness about the FAFSA, especially focusing on helping students complete the FAFSA application.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 27, 2024

Department of Education marks yet another delay in the fraught rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The notice from the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 3, 2024

Department of Education's controversial regulation, which is now blocked from taking effect in 14 states. The ruling marks another hit for the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Department of Education. House Republicans touted school choice and alternative career pathways as Democrats vowed to protect the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 2, 2024

A flurry of lawsuits this week claim the Department of Education overstepped its authority when it finalized a Title IX rule including LGTBQ+ protections.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Department of Education said it wouldn’t transmit Free Application for Federal Student Aid data to colleges until March. The moves come after the U.S.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 5, 2025

The US Department of Government Efficiency regularly posts cuts to all US federal agencies , including the US Department of Education, which it is working on to dismantle. The average employee is 49 years of age and has worked for the Department for 13 years. As of March 4, 2025, DOGE has reduced ED regulations by 1.25

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Palmer, chair and professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the university. Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) in the nation, focusing on tactical autonomy, human-machine teaming, and artificial intelligence through its Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy A coalition of 104 education organizations has called on Congress to immediately reverse the Department of Education's recent cancellation of several major teacher preparation grant programs, a move that has disrupted educator pipelines across the country and threatens to worsen the national teacher shortage crisis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Issues related to last year’s FAFSA have significantly affected private colleges and universities’ incoming class enrollment, revenue and relationship with the Department of Education, according to a fall survey from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 4, 2025

To submit a public response, go to [link] AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. DATES: Comments due: We must receive written comments on the topics suggested by the Department and additional topics that may be considered on or before May 5, 2025. ACTION: Intent to negotiate.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The University of California Student Associations request to block Department of Government Efficiency staffers from accessing student data at the Department of Education was denied Monday by a federal district judge.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 29, 2024

Department of Education's authority and unfairly robs states of income tax, the plaintiffs said. The plan oversteps the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The American Council on Education called on the U.S. Department of Education to work with Congress to review the entire system.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 26, 2024

Department of Education moved to strip its access to federal financial aid. The for-profit institution is shuttering after the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 14, 2024

Department of Education, one of many the agency is facing. The injunction came as part of a Louisiana-led lawsuit against the U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 3, 2025

Department of Education has modified its previous directives on race in hiring, scholarships, student programs, and other educational policies. Since coming into power, the new administration has focused on enforcing conservative legal principles in education, particularly regarding race and gender policies.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Department of Education of not imposing “real consequences.” The 43-page report accused some colleges of failing to prevent antisemitism and the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Department of Education applied the wrong legal test when denying the institution’s request to be considered a nonprofit, an appeals court ruled.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 9, 2024

Department of Education is seeking a 16% funding increase to allow the Office for Civil Rights to add staff and more quickly resolve complaints.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

New research suggests that the Department of Government Efficiency has been making inaccurate claims about the extent of its savings from cuts to the Department of Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Department of Education is fining Baker College $2.5million as part of a settlement reached Tuesday following a yearlong investigation into the institutions marketing and recruiting practices.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 1, 2025

Department of Education to use a controversial definition that critics say would undermine free speech. The bill would require the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 5, 2024

Department of Education wants to send the message that it will hold colleges accountable for Clery Act noncompliance, an agency official said.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Almost 12 years ago, I was a college administrator who filed both Title IX and Clery Act complaints with the Department of Education against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the university that was both my employer and my beloved alma mater.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Education as issues continue to plague the new form’s debut. One financial aid expert said trust is eroding in data from the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 14, 2025

Department of Education. We’re rounding up recent stories, from warnings to colleges about antisemitism probes to massive staff reductions at the U.S.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Ben Rimmer, deputy secretary of the Department of Education, stated that the “law of the land” entitles institutions to enrol higher than their caps currently, but “if the legislation is passed in its current form, that will operate from January 1 2025.” That evidence shows that enrolments are healthy.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Department of Education is urging the largest organizing bodies in high school and college sports to rescind all records, titles, awards, and recognitions given to trans women and girls, the department

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