How can the Education Department build a list of low-value college programs?

Some prominent higher ed groups rejected the proposal altogether, while others suggested metrics they say could make it work. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 22, 2023

The Education Department must survey every federally funded college on sexual violence, without money from Congress. What’s next?

The agency must deliver a report to lawmakers by 2024. But policy experts aren’t sure it can even scrape together the survey in time.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Feb. 21, 2023

ABA will have members vote on test-optional proposal — again

The association's House of Delegates will take up the same plan in August after knocking it down at the beginning of February.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 17, 2023

Education Department to review guidance allowing revenue-share agreements with OPMs

These arrangements have been under fire for years from lawmakers and policy advocates, who say they don’t comply with federal law.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 15, 2023

30 higher ed groups praise IDR proposals but call for comprehensive student loan reform

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

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 15, 2023

House ed hearing highlights areas of division, agreement

School choice, support for student gender identities and instructional approaches were among points of contention in the Wednesday session.

By Kara Arundel • Feb. 9, 2023

Free college keeps growing — at the state level

Elected officials are calling for new programs and expansions. Policy wonks sometimes critique design choices, but free remains a powerful hook.

By Lilah Burke • Feb. 9, 2023

What college administrators should keep tabs on in 2023

These are the trends, stories and key admissions topics that are expected to shape the year ahead.

By Higher Ed Dive Staff • Feb. 8, 2023

FTC approves order requiring Chegg to tighten data security

The ed tech provider experienced four security breaches since 2017, exposing sensitive data of millions of its customers and employees.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 2, 2023

State support for higher ed set to jump 6.6% in 2023 before inflation

Higher ed funding rose in 38 states, an annual early measure finds. Five-year trends are up, too. But inflation is likely taking a bite out of increases.

By Rick Seltzer • Feb. 2, 2023

Advocates ask Education Department to collect new racial, legacy data in college admissions

Over 30 groups, politicians and faculty call for new transparency in light of an expected Supreme Court decision that would end race-conscious admissions.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Feb. 1, 2023

Education Department ramping up Title IX enforcement on pregnancy issues

The agency’s recent rebuke of Troy University signals continued oversight in this area — for which colleges should prepare, experts say.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Feb. 1, 2023

DeLauro: For-profit online program management companies are the new predators in higher education

The ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee calls for an end to OPM tuition sharing based on enrollment.

By Rosa DeLauro • Jan. 31, 2023

New Jersey bill would limit college transcript holds

Under proposed legislation, colleges mostly wouldn’t be able to block access to students’ academic records if they owed nontuition expenses.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 24, 2023

New Jersey governor pushes financial responsibility package in wake of state college financial troubles

Gov. Phil Murphy is proposing new auditing requirements and additional oversight authority for the state’s secretary of education.

By Lilah Burke • Updated Jan. 21, 2023

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to end Title IX exemptions for religious colleges

The plaintiffs failed to prove religious exemptions were created to target LGBTQ students, the judge said.

By Laura Spitalniak • Jan. 18, 2023

Foxx renews oversight requests after retaking House education chair

The North Carolina Republican is once again pressing the Education Department to detail how it supports academic freedom on college campuses.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 13, 2023

Education Department struggled to examine whether colleges were misrepresenting themselves, watchdog finds

Turnover hampered a unit overseeing a ban on colleges lying about programs, costs and student outcomes, the Government Accountability Office said.

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 13, 2023

JPMorgan Chase alleges ed tech firm faked student accounts to lure it into acquisition

A recent lawsuit accuses executives of Frank, a platform to help students apply for federal financial aid, of lying about the number of users it had. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 12, 2023

Terry Hartle’s replacement named at American Council on Education

His successor takes over Feb. 1, navigating a politically fraught and gridlocked Congress.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 11, 2023

Education Department’s renewed plan to list and shame low-value colleges draws concern

For-profits worry about being targeted, while others fear the plan will contribute to the narrative that higher ed's benefits are purely financial.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 11, 2023

Virginia Foxx reclaims chair of House education committee

North Carolina Republican promises vigorous oversight of the federal government and stopping the Biden administration's regulatory agenda.

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 9, 2023

5 higher education lawsuits to watch in 2023

Rulings are expected in several high-profile cases, including those that could determine the fate of race-conscious admissions and the DACA program.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 9, 2023

Here’s the Education Department’s next regulatory agenda

A final Title IX rule, as well as negotiated rulemaking on topics like accreditation and distance education, are on the horizon.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 5, 2023

Biden administration defends student loan forgiveness plan in Supreme Court brief

White House lawyers argued a group of six Republican-led states has no standing to sue over mass loan cancellation.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 5, 2023