Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness extended to more than 1 million borrowers over the last three years
USA TODAY — Less than three weeks before Election Day, the White House plans to sidestep the jumble of legal challenges it’s facing over its student loan forgiveness agenda to tout billions of dollars in new relief.
Read More about Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness extended to more than 1 million borrowers over the last three yearsOpinion: Universities should make voting easy for students
THE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN — In these deeply divided times, people may not be aware that since 1965, colleges and universities have been legally obligated under the Higher Education Act (HEA) to make good faith efforts to help students register to vote.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges in west and central Florida canceled classes for part of the week as they prepared for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 storm that’s expected to slam into Tampa on Wednesday night and move across central Florida.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent shoutout to apprenticeships and other alternatives to four-year college degrees may have surprised those who are accustomed to the Democratic Party’s longstanding promotion of “college for all.”
Read More about How voters want the next president to handle higher education policyCollege administrators, reeling from campus protests over Gaza, are now implementing programs to foster civil discourse.
INSIDE HIGHER ED — We asked higher ed leaders and thinkers to take stock of the fraught year just past and offer a vision for the future. They gave us a quarrelsome, eloquent earful.
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NPR — College administrators, reeling from campus protests over Gaza, are now implementing programs to foster civil discourse.
Read More about Colleges implement programs during orientation to promote civil discourseA look at universities’ push toward political neutrality
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral?
Read More about A look at universities’ push toward political neutralityPolicy experts call for additional regulation of graduate programs as graduates struggle with debt
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As emerging data shows that taking out loans to earn a graduate degree doesn’t always pay off, policy experts call for even stronger regulation of graduate schools.
Read More about Policy experts call for additional regulation of graduate programs as graduates struggle with debtUS Department of Education begins testing for new FAFSA form
THE HILL — Testing for the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms began Tuesday. The Department of Education announced that there will be four beta testing stages before applications go live for all students before or on Dec. 1.
Read More about US Department of Education begins testing for new FAFSA formReport shows increased voting from college students
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Bethany Blonder and her friends lined up at the voter information table in the student union before organizers had even finished setting it up in time for lunch.
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