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APRIL 2, 2024

A tax data issue affecting about 5% of submitted applications will be corrected starting in early April.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Higher education institutions could lose access to financial aid or face penalties if their external service providers mislead students, new guidance says.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Agency officials struck an optimistic tone about the release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

To avoid a repeat of this year's glitches, the agency plans to release the form for testing starting Oct. 1 with a limited number of students and institutions.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new report calls for gathering deeper information on other admissions factors, too, like institutions’ legacy preferences and early decision programs.

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MARCH 27, 2025

The American Federation of Teachers sued the agency this month for blocking access to the congressionally mandated repayment options.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The union alleged that the agency's recent guidance barring colleges from considering race in any of their programs and policies is unconstitutional.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 3, 2024

A report confirming an unprecedented caseload comes as the education secretary and civil rights groups plead for more funding.

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JULY 26, 2024

The move comes after two top Republicans accused the agency of stonewalling a government watchdog’s probe into the rocky debut of the new form.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

The regulatory package broadens the circumstances in which financially shaky colleges must offer letters of credit, among other consumer protections.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The department didn’t provide a list of canceled contracts but said NAEP, the College Scorecard and the College Navigator were not impacted.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 23, 2024

The agency is determining whether legacy preferences constitute racial discrimination — a probe similar to one opened at Harvard.

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2023

The groups say “every day counts” to help students go through the new process for filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The highly anticipated gainful employment regulation requires for-profit institutions to pass debt-to-earnings tests to access federal aid.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The agency is temporarily rolling back administrative requirements as colleges grapple with an abridged financial aid timeline.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 30, 2024

The delay further truncates the timeline for institutions to make financial aid offers, and experts have worried that holdups may harm students.

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APRIL 4, 2025

The agency said it is seeking public feedback, including for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and two income-driven repayment plans.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The agency recently started asking about the contentious practice of giving admissions preference to alumni’s relatives.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

The organizations want to keep three large-scale studies that track college students, their outcomes and how they pay for their education.

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MAY 6, 2024

The agency announced a $50 million effort to provide more support to students and families in light of the botched rollout of the new form.

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MARCH 9, 2023

The president’s fiscal 2024 blueprint, which would also boost the maximum Pell Grant, has virtually no chance of surviving Congress as drafted.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The documents explain colleges and K-12 schools' Section 504 responsibilities for students with asthma, diabetes, food allergies or GERD.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The University of California Student Association alleges that the “scale of intrusion into individuals’ privacy is enormous and unprecedented.”

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

The head of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators voiced concerns the change will further delay financial aid offers.

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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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JUNE 3, 2024

They cited recent notices from a government watchdog saying the agency hasn’t yet handed over many items related to the investigation.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 11, 2024

The credit ratings agency flagged several regulations that could fall under threat, including the new gainful employment and Title IX rules.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 20, 2025

The agency must also reinstate canceled grants to the members of AACTE and two other educator preparation groups that sued.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 12, 2024

In a letter to the agency, Reps. Virginia Foxx and James Comer said they will ensure adherence to the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The agency’s regulatory agenda also reveals it will pursue rulemaking on the law requiring colleges to report foreign gifts worth $250,000 or more.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The lawmakers want details including who has access to sensitive data and the steps taken to protect that information.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 9, 2025

Tony Moss, Esther Stimpson and Dave Phoenix highlight a deep inequity in the student support system that neither the DWP nor the Department for Education seem minded to fix

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The effort aims to smooth the so-far bumpy debut of the new form, which has been hampered by delays and glitches.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The agency will conduct negotiated rulemaking next year, which brings together representatives of different groups to discuss policy details.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Young America's Foundation, a conservative activist group, argued that the program’s eligibility requirements violate the Constitution.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The $80 billion proposal would bump up the maximum Pell Grant to $7,495, an increase of $100.

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