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Washington State Voters Reject Affirmative Action
Nov 6, 2019
State election results show that voters appear to narrowly uphold 21-year ban on the consideration of racial and ethnic preferences in public college admissions.
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Education Dept. Revises Policy on Course Length
Nov 6, 2019
New guidance provides more flexibility for how colleges measure the length of courses for federal financial aid purposes.
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HBCU, MSI Funding Caught in Senate Logjam
Nov 6, 2019
Lawmakers continue to spar over dueling proposals to extend $255 million in federal funding for minority-serving institutions.
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Senators Introduce Bill to Promote Early College Programs
Nov 6, 2019
Legislation would create a grant program to help more students earn college credits while still in high school.
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Bipartisan House Bill to Expand Study Abroad
Nov 6, 2019
Legislation aims to increase the overall number and diversity of undergraduate students studying abroad.
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Education Dept. Publishes Final Rules to Overhaul Accreditation
Oct 31, 2019
Regulations draw on language that a rulemaking committee agreed upon earlier this year after months of negotiations.
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House Committee Approves HEA Reauthorization Bill
Oct 31, 2019
Panel passes sweeping $400 billion overhaul of federal student aid and other higher education programs. AACRAO, and other higher ed groups, chime in on the proposed legislation.
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Klobuchar Proposes Free Community College and Expansion of Pell Program
Oct 30, 2019
Democratic presidential hopeful plans to double the maximum Pell Grant award to $12,000 and expand eligibility to families making up to $100,000 per year.
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Education Dept. Official Steps Down to Run for Senate, Calls for Student Debt Relief
Oct 30, 2019
Outgoing official at the Office of Federal Student Aid proposes $925 billion plan to cancel all federal student loan debt.
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U. of California Faces Lawsuit over SAT/ACT Requirement
Oct 30, 2019
A coalition of civil rights groups plan to sue the university system over its ACT/SAT requirement.
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Senators Introduce Bill to Require Colleges to Report Hazing
Oct 30, 2019
Legislation would require colleges and universities to post on their websites incidents of hazing that took place on campus or within a student organization.
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Administration Extends Temporary Protection Status to Salvadorans in U.S.
Oct 30, 2019
The move reverses a 2018 decision to end TPS for El Salvador, extending temporary work permits of 200,000 individuals currently living in the United States through January 2021.
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Federal Judge Holds DeVos, Education Dept. in Contempt
Oct 30, 2019
Court issues rare judicial rebuke and imposes a $100,000 fine for violating an order to stop collecting loan payments from former Corinthian Colleges students.
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Alexander Introduces Standalone Measure to Simplify FAFSA
Oct 24, 2019
Bipartisan bill would reduce the FAFSA to 18-30 questions and make significant changes to the need analysis formula. It is unclear how the legislation will fit into ongoing negotiations to reauthorize HEA.
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Increasing Number of Colleges Drop Standardized Test Requirement for Admissions
Oct 23, 2019
Some schools said that they dropped the SAT/ACT admissions requirement to attract a more diverse group of applicants, and many have reported success in this effort.
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Feds Release FAQs on Overtime Exemptions in Fair Labor Standards Act
Oct 23, 2019
Recent rule change, effective January 2020, increased the salary threshold for workers eligible for overtime pay.
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House Panel Advances Bills to Improve GI Bill
Oct 22, 2019
Legislation aims to improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill and protect student veterans and their families from predatory schools, but some provisions could be problematic for institutions.
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Education Dept. Moves Forward with Payment Card Pilot Program
Oct 22, 2019
Experiment would allow students to access federal aid without paying fees and track how students use their financial aid money.
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Overview of the College Affordability Act
Oct 17, 2019
The sweeping legislation would update the Higher Education Act for the first time in more than a decade at an estimated cost of $400 billion over 10 years.
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Admissions Offices Tracking Students Before They Apply
Oct 16, 2019
Institutions are working with consulting companies to collect and analyze data on prospective students by tracking their web activity or formulating predicative scores to measure students' likelihood of enrolling.