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Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students

As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students.

The Conversation

Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why

Most Americans assume that schools are legally required to protect students from sexual harassment and assault under Title IX – the federal law enacted in 1972 that bans sexual discrimination in education.

The Conversation

The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship

In a classic work on the modern presidency originally published in 1960, political scientist Richard Neustadt wrote that the American public “expects the man in the White House to do something about everything.”

The Conversation

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Could Ignoring Your Student Loans Ruin Your Social Security?

For many, student loans are the beast lurking in the financial shadows, always there, always looming. But what happens when ignoring that beast leads to even bigger consequences down the road? You may be cruising through life thinking, “Hey, I’m doing fine,” but the truth is, your student loan debt…

Everybody Loves Your Money

Secret rating system kept parents in dark about safety fears at NSW childcare centre

Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue

The Guardian - AU

Legislation to protect school inspections ‘red flag to bull’ – teachers’ union

The proposed legislation is expected to see teachers able to be fined for refusing to co-operate with inspections.

Evening Standard

As Donald Trump Seeks To Change The Future Of Public Education, These Billionaires Are Opening Schools

In his second term, President Donald Trump has made some profound changes to the U.S. education system. In an executive order issued in March, he indicated his intention to dismantle parts of the Department of Education. Another executive order from January expanded school choice initiatives, which would impact how public…

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4 Ways This New Government Policy Could Hit Your Paycheck

A new government policy could impact your paycheck—here are 4 ways it might affect your take-home pay and what you can do to prepare.

GOBankingRates

3 Things Student Loan Borrowers Can Expect Now That Interest on SAVE Plans Have Resumed

Interest is back on SAVE student loan plans—here are 3 key changes borrowers should expect and how they could impact your monthly payments.

GOBankingRates

University president fires back at Trump’s education department for demanding his apology

An attorney representing Gregory Washington argued that an apology would open the university up to legal backlash

The Independent UK

I Asked ChatGPT To Explain Trump’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan — Here’s What It Said

Because bills are complicated, I asked ChatGPT to explain Trump's new student loan repayment plan to us -- here is what it said.

GOBankingRates

Is it “Worth It” To Buy Back Student Loans?

I recently had the pleasure misfortune to spend several hours on the phone bouncing back and forth between the Department of Education and my student loan servicer, Mohela. I wish I were being hyperbolic or exaggerating when I say “several hours” but, alas, I am not.

Blogging Away Debt

Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious tests for college credit program

A federal judge has ruled that religious colleges in Minnesota that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a program allowing high school students to take college courses for credit

The Independent UK

Why America still needs public schools

While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many states.

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The Independent UK

There is now a backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints at the Department of Education

Tens of thousands of complaints from student loan borrowers about their lenders or schools have gone ignored as Trump seeks to gut the agency

The Conversation

Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if they promote what the department calls “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences.

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg says Democratic Party’s attachment to two words handed Trump the White House in 2024

Joe Biden’s transportation secretary says it’s ‘wrong to imagine that we should have just kept everything going along the way it was’ or to dismantle everything Republican president is now doing

The Guardian - US

‘It would destroy me’: fear of student loan default haunts US borrowers

The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts

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The Independent UK

Analysis shows 257% rise in girls severely absent from school

Charities say more support for girls in schools is needed

The Independent UK

Trump’s freeze on $6 billion in education funds could lead to school closures, lawmakers warn

School districts around the country have raised concerns that withholding federal funds may force some schools to close down

Fortune

AI tracked down nearly 80,000 'ghost students' trying to enroll in California colleges

“The only answer for a bad guy with AI is a good guy with AI,” said Kiran Kodithala, whose AI platform is front-and-center in California’s fight against education fraud.

The Guardian - US

The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light

The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump

The Guardian - US

America’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failing

We need counterstrategies against the Trumpists’ usurpation of what should remain separate powers

The Guardian - US

‘Political theatre’: key takeaways from US universities’ House antisemitism hearing

UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Cuny heads face GOP inquiry in last of House hearings that began after Israel-Gaza war

The Conversation

Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads

The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14, 2025, to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education – part of a wider plan to dismantle the agency. In doing so, the conservative majority on the bench overruled a lower court judge…

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