Policy & Legislation
- Education
436 articles
Sort
Page 1 of 19
per page
Trump's attempt to quickly axe a key affordable student-loan repayment plan gets shut down in court
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
A court dismissed the Trump administration's proposed settlement to eliminate the SAVE student-loan repayment plan ahead of schedule.
Feb 27, 2026, 8:50 PM
The Misuses of the University
Morgan Barry, Publicbooks.org
Have the funds that might have trained the next generation of scholars at the nation’s first research university have been blown on ostentatious new buildings?
Feb 25, 2026, 4:38 PM
Trump's admin confirms that selling federal student loans to private companies is still on the table
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Critics worry about what forgiveness and repayment options borrowers may have if federal student loans are sold to private lenders.
Feb 23, 2026, 5:57 PM
Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
The Associated Press, NPR
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect.
Feb 21, 2026, 1:44 PM
Praise rolls in for high school suspending hundreds of students over anti-ICE walkout: 'Adults are taking charge'
Carlos Garcia, TheBlaze
A high school in Virginia suspended over 300 students for walking out of class for an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest, and many on social media have applauded the action.On February 13, students at Woodbridge High School marched off of campus…
Feb 21, 2026, 1:00 PM
Department Of Education Forced To Back Off Illegal Plan To Be Racist, Sexist Assholes
Karl Bode, Techdirt
One recurring theme of this era: folks who actually choose to stand up to this bumbling kakistocracy of hateful failsons usually tend to win if they stick together. Those that prematurely bend the knee in abject cowardice (like say, CBS, countless law firms, …
Feb 20, 2026, 1:22 PM
White House pressure leads universities to cut ties with nonprofit that helps racial minorities
JOCELYN GECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Yahoo Entertainment
The Trump administration said Thursday its campaign to end diversity programs in higher education has led dozens of universities to cut ties with an...
Feb 19, 2026, 9:15 PM
University of Texas limits on teaching of "unnecessary controversial subjects"
Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune
Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.
Feb 19, 2026, 8:39 PM
Student-loan borrowers in public service are in a growing debt relief bind
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Student-loan borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness are facing worse delays in paperwork processing and looming limits to debt relief.
Feb 18, 2026, 10:08 AM
Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs: Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Emanuel Maiberg, 404media.co
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."
Feb 17, 2026, 5:29 PM
Student-loan forgiveness emails are going out to a new batch of borrowers
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Trump's Department of Education emailed a group of student-loan borrowers who reached their payment threshold under income-driven repayment plans.
Feb 13, 2026, 4:14 PM
What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education?
Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic
Its role as the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research has granted the foundation—and its president—enormous influence over American arts and letters.
Feb 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
US Colleges received more than $5 billion in foreign gifts, contracts in 2025
Elissa Nadworny, NPR
New data from the U.S. Education Department show the extent of international gifts and contracts to colleges and universities.
Feb 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
Moms vs. culture wars: How suburban women flipped school boards
Nadra Nittle, Salon
In conservative and swing states, teachers, moms and women candidates are taking back local education.
Feb 11, 2026, 11:00 AM
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Elizabeth Gibney, Max Kozlov, Nature.com
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Feb 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
Not enough student-loan borrowers know about this way to get rid of their debt
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Biden's reforms to the bankruptcy process for student-loan borrowers are working. The main issue: not enough people know about it.
Feb 3, 2026, 10:03 AM
Trump seeks $1bn in damages from Harvard
BBC News
The announcement is the latest development in the White House's ongoing feud with the Ivy League institution.
Feb 3, 2026, 7:08 AM
A new report shows how Trump's sweeping student-loan changes are poised to reshape repayment for borrowers and private lenders
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Major student-loan companies told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that they're preparing to service more borrowers due to federal repayment changes.
Feb 2, 2026, 12:01 PM
The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says
Cory Turner, NPR
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.
Feb 2, 2026, 10:00 AM
Brown University pays out first workforce grants under deal with Trump
Elissa Nadworny, NPR
The Ivy League school is giving $1.5 million to a community college and to a nonprofit apprenticeship program.
Jan 30, 2026, 5:50 PM
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis
Emily Witt, The New Yorker
As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school, Emily Witt reports. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.
Jan 30, 2026, 11:00 AM
Trump takes another key step toward rolling out his major student-loan repayment changes this summer
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Trump's admin posted its proposed rule to overhaul student-loan repayment, including new caps on borrowing. The public will have 30 days to comment.
Jan 29, 2026, 7:39 PM
Colleges Are Stuck Between Bad Options for Fighting Hateful Ideas
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Deans and administrators keep confronting the same dilemma.
Jan 26, 2026, 1:00 PM
Student-loan borrowers are facing debt-relief whiplash under Trump
asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey), Business Insider
Trump gave defaulted student-loan borrowers a major break on wage garnishment and tax refund seizure. Still, thousands are waiting for debt relief.
Jan 24, 2026, 8:11 AM