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Trump admin. pauses all income-driven repayment plans

Trump admin. pauses all income-driven repayment plans

“The administration’s cruel choice to cut off access to affordable repayment options passed by Congress and enshrined in millions of borrowers’ loan contracts comes at the same time as they are wreaking havoc on communities and families across our nation,” Persis Yu, SBPC deputy executive director, said in a statement Monday.


Education Department mulls using AI chat bot for FAFSA help

Education Department mulls using AI chat bot for FAFSA help

The Education Department is considering terminating its contracts for thousands of call center employees hired to answer families’ questions about federal student aid, and may replace them with an artificial intelligence–powered chat bot, The New York Times reported Thursday.


Education Department’s doors blocked to House Democrats

Education Department’s doors blocked to House Democrats

On Wednesday, 96 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Carter requesting an "urgent" meeting to discuss the Trump administration's plans for what they say is to "illegally dismantle or drastically reduce" the Education Department.


Democratic leaders demand details on DOGE access to Education Department

Democratic leaders demand details on DOGE access to Education Department

The letter — signed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut — expresses concerns about a number of actions at the Education Department since Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.


Trump’s antisemitism order leaves many questions unanswered

Trump’s antisemitism order leaves many questions unanswered

Or Hen, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of Kalaniyot, a faculty-led initiative focused on deepening ties between MIT and Israeli researchers, said that he has witnessed systemic failures in discipline for protesters and protection for Jewish students.


Expected Trump order on Education Department’s future rattles advocates

Expected Trump order on Education Department’s future rattles advocates

The rapid pace of the new Trump administration's efforts to abolish the U.S. Department of Education has caught many student advocates off guard and on the defensive while bringing praise from those supportive of less federal bureaucracy and more local control.


Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100

Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100

"Our ability to advance both economically and technologically, our country's entire intellectual and cultural life depend on the success of our great educational enterprise," Carter said in the 1979 speech, according to The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.


Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges

Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges

An August survey of chief online learning officers found that two-thirds wanted to create virtual versions of classes and programs their colleges offered on campus.


Trump wants to nix the Education Department. He should rebrand it instead.

Trump wants to nix the Education Department. He should rebrand it instead.

This blueprint of leaving the fundamentals of curriculum development to the states while providing best practices and tools and targeting funding to achieve big national goals is exactly what we need going forward.


Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

“The cost of expanding Pell Grant eligibility—about $1,800 per student in this study—should be considered against the evidence on the economic benefits of short and very short-term programs.”


Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

Our client, Jaime Maldonado, remembers nearly ten years ago when Harris, then her state's attorney general, announced findings of significant misconduct against thenow-defunct Corinthian Colleges.