Mar 26 Watch 8:42 Troubled rollout of FAFSA overhaul causes major delays for students seeking financial aid By Laura Barrón-López, Karina Cuevas, Maria Witcher, Macayla Ramsey, Cass Technical High School Students waiting on financial aid will have to wait even longer after the Department of Education found a calculation error on hundreds of thousands of FAFSA applications. Laura Barrón-López has reaction from students questioning when and if they will get… Continue watching
Mar 05 Liberty University to pay $14 million fine for failing to disclose crime data By Ben Finley, Associated Press The fine is by far the largest under the Clery Act., a federal law that requires universities to collect crime data and notify students of threats. Continue reading
Feb 18 Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles By Nadra Nittle, The 19th Marginalized students may have the most to lose as the Education Department’s rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has hit several bumps. Continue reading
Oct 10 Biden’s student loan cancellation plan advances with debate over details By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The latest attempt will rest on a sweeping law known as the Higher Education Act, which gives the education secretary authority to waive student loans — although how far that power extends is the subject of legal debate. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 3:29 News Wrap: Phoenix faces 15th straight day of temperatures at 110 or higher In our news wrap Friday, Phoenix faced a 15th straight day of temperatures at 110 degrees or higher as a heat wave grips the Southwest, the Department of Education announced it's canceling $39 billion of student loan debt for 800,000… Continue watching
Mar 08 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks ahead of signing gender equity orders By Collin Binkley, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden also signed a second executive order formally establishing the White House Gender Policy Council, which his transition team had announced before he took office. Continue reading
Feb 03 WATCH: Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona pledges new guidance, more virus testing By Collin Binkley, Associated Press If approved, Cardona would oversee an Education Department that employs thousands and has an annual budget of more than $60 billion. He would also oversee the agency’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio. Continue reading
Dec 29 How Biden’s Education Department will tackle pandemic and Trump-era policies By Candice Norwood Addressing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on education will be among some of the most urgent issues facing President-elect Joe Biden when he takes office. Continue reading
Jul 07 States sue U.S. Department of Education over diverted virus relief funds for schools By Olga R. Rodriguez, David Eggert, Associated Press In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the attorneys general of California and Michigan say the department run by Secretary Betsy DeVos is attempting to take pandemic relief funds away from K-12 public schools and divert them to private schools. Continue reading
Jun 13 Trump administration reviewing foreign funding at U.S. colleges By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges. Continue reading