FAFSA has asked applicants what 'type' of white they are since 2024. Here's why

Rae Deng, Snopes.com

A video from November 2025 that circulated online in early January 2026 correctly stated that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid asks white applicants to further specify what ethnic background they have.

Trump is moving forward with his student-loan repayment overhaul — this time focused on unaffordable debt

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

Trump's Education Department concluded another round of negotiations focused on gainful employment, aimed at protecting student-loan borrowers.

Texas First State to End American Bar Association oversight of law schools

Toluwani Osibamowo, KERA News

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a tentative opinion issued in September that no longer requires soon-to-be lawyers to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. The power to approve those law schools now rests with the state'…

As Trump takes 2 hard swings at Americans with student loan debt, some are discovering a surprising way out

Victoria Vesovski, Yahoo Entertainment

The student loan system feels increasingly unstable and that uncertainty is driving more people to look for relief.

Teacher ‘likened to terrorist’ after showing Trump videos to students

Robert Mendick, Yahoo Entertainment

A teacher in an English school was accused of posing a risk to children and referred to the Government’s counter-terrorism programme after showing Donald...

Michael and Susan Dell donated $6.25B to expand 'Trump accounts' for kids. Will this help move the needle?

Chris Clark, Yahoo Entertainment

One of the largest philanthropic gifts of the year, will this money be enough to change anything?

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic

For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.

‘It’s a black hole’: Civil rights office at Department of Education veers from original mission

Sunlen Serfaty, CNN, CNN

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and...

Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar

COLLIN BINKLEY, Yahoo Entertainment

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional,” adding to ...

Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests

Cory Turner, NPR

New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.

7 million student-loan borrowers could soon owe higher payments. Here's what to know.

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

Trump's administration announced an agreement to officially end the SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Borrowers would have to transfer to new plans.

Trump admin moves to end major student loan forgiveness plan: 'We won't tolerate it'

Arthur Jones II, ABC News

The Department of Education has moved to terminate one of former President Joe Biden's most popular student loan forgiveness plans.

Education Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog

Cory Turner, NPR

The department said recalling these fired staffers would "bolster and refocus" civil rights enforcement "in a way that serves and benefits parents, students, and families."

Trump axes Biden’s student loan plan

Cameron Peters, Vox

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The last vestiges of President Joe Biden’s student loa…

Trump deals a final blow to a key student-loan repayment plan. Millions of borrowers may soon have to resume repaying their debt.

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

Trump announced a proposed settlement to end the SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Borrowers would resume payments "in the coming weeks."

Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly hard to attend college as South Carolina and other states restrict in-state tuition or ban them altogether

William McCorkle, College of Charleston, Yahoo Entertainment

Not letting undocumented students pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities can make the cost of a college education prohibitive.

US Justice Department sues Virginia school board over transgender use of locker rooms

By Brad Brooks, Yahoo Entertainment

By Brad Brooks Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S.

Student-loan borrowers are at heightened risk of costly errors when Trump's changes roll out, Democratic lawmakers say

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul and collections restart make servicer errors more costly, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.

Here’s how immigration enforcement is affecting school enrollment in some districts

Arthur Jones II, ABC News

It appears that preliminary data and attendance trackers from some districts do not show a large-scale enrollment plunge due to ICE operations near school grounds.

Trump wants to change student-loan borrowing limits for nurses. Most advanced programs won't be impacted.

Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hoff,Allie Kelly, Business Insider

Trump's administration is changing student-loan borrowing caps for advanced degrees. Advocates said it could worsen the nursing shortage.

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

Cory Turner, NPR

The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

E-Bikes Are Surging in Popularity. What Will It Take to Rein Them in?

nytimes.com, Biztoc.com

US Options Market Grapples With ‘Concentration Risk’ in Clearing

bloomberg.com, Biztoc.com

Unpacking rumor Education Department no longer counts nursing, other programs as 'professional degrees'

Rae Deng, Snopes.com

In late 2025, the Department of Education said it would no longer classify these credentials as professional degrees: education (including teaching master’s degrees), nursing (MSN, DNP), social work (MSW, DSW), public health (MPH, DrPH), physician assistant, …