The Trump administration has issued a rule that formally rescinds the Title IX regulations promulgated by the Biden administration in 2024. With some minor exceptions, the regulations now in force are those issued by the…
The Trump administration on Friday submitted to Congress an $810 million “rescissions package” proposing cuts to numerous programs for which Congress had already appropriated funds. The package includes two programs in which community colleges participate,…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) submitted detailed comments to the Education Department (ED) this week on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on accreditation, addressing areas such as transfer of credit and more….
The Trump administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on accreditation that will be published in the Federal Register on August 20. The regulations, which will likely go into effect next July 1,…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday sent a “National Call to Action” to all college and university presidents to respond to what she termed was a “drift from the principles that built up so much…
Colleges are on the hook for federal aid distributed to fraudulent applicants, according to the Education Department (ED). In a July 17 document that answers questions related to its new real-time FAFSA fraud detection initiative,…
The U.S. Education Department’s (ED) new FAFSA identity verification screening system, first implemented in April, has so far rejected more than 53,000 fraudulent applications, preventing more than $212 million in financial aid from being disbursed…
Most campuses are aware of the pending proposal by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to radically overhaul the federal government’s procedures for awarding grant funds. This initiative changes the current “Uniform Guidance” procedures…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday released final regulations that establish a new accountability regime based on program completers’ earnings. The regulations, based on provisions in last year’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, take…
Sen. Chair John Boozman (R-Arkansas), chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, this week released a proposal to reauthorize the Farm Bill, which governs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. While the most…