Higher Education Policy Minute

Inside Higher Education reports that Senate Democrats have sent a letter to the Departments of Education and Treasury inquiring about...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision this morning ruling that the Trump administration's decision to end the Obama-era Deferred...

This past Friday, a federal court in Washington state issued a preliminary injunction to temporarily block implementation of the U.S....

The U.S. Department of Education issued an interim rule yesterday regarding CARES Act funding, which stated that undocumented and...

Inside Higher Education reported today that the new Title IX regulations are "requiring costly new processes for handling sexual...

Some higher education policy news today demonstrates how the federal government has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. First,...

Some institutions have announced plans or considerations for how the Fall 2020 semester will unfold, as reflected in the news and on...

Here are some federal higher education policy stories in the news today: From Inside Higher Education: "A Trump administration policy...

There is a lot of higher education policy in the news today, including some big news from California that the UC system has voted to...

The CDC has posted some guidance on the safe opening of college campuses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations...

In a bill that was released yesterday by Democrats in the House of Representatives (the HEROES Act), federal lawmakers proposed billions...

There are a good number of higher education policy headlines in the news today, including the following: Inside Higher Education reports...

Inside Higher Education reports that Democrats in the House of Representatives are going to seek additional funding for education in the...

The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education today released the long-awaited Title IX regulations regarding sexual...

Inside Higher Education reports today on the debate over the U.S. Department of Education's guidance stating that only students who...

At a news conference earlier this week, President Trump said that Harvard University, which has an approximately $40 billion endowment,...

The U.S. Department of Education said yesterday that funding provided to higher education institutions based on the CARES Act (federal...

Higher Ed news periodicals are reporting details about some of the effects of COVID-19 on higher education: Inside Higher Education...

Inside Higher Education reports that state budget cuts following the COVID-19 crisis could hit public higher education particularly hard....

Inside Higher Education is reporting that the U.S. Department of Education and a consumer advocacy organization have reached an agreement...