Education News reports the decisions reshaping schools and colleges: budget allocations, accreditation rulings, loan program changes, curriculum mandates, strikes and closures. Items are dated and attributed to the deciding body. Read by students, faculty and administrators who need to know what takes effect and when it starts.
Education News reports the decisions reshaping schools and colleges: budget allocations, accreditation rulings, loan program changes, curriculum mandates, strikes and closures. Items are dated and attributed to the deciding body. Read by students, faculty and administrators who need to know what takes effect and when it starts.
The Education Department's January 29, 2026 proposal ends Grad PLUS loans, sets annual and lifetime loan limits, and replaces today's menu of repayment plans with a tiered standard option and a new Repayment Assistance Plan.
A federal rulemaking committee agreed on draft regulations that would strip federal loan eligibility from programs whose graduates earn too little, the first accountability standard applied to every sector of higher education.