Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A congressional committee said Friday that it’s subpoenaing top Harvard University officials to obtain documents related to its ongoing investigation into how the Ivy League institution addresses antisemitism on campus. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the North…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, will not seek another term as chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Foxx said during remarks at the Community College National Legislative Summit last week. Foxx chaired…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education sent its long-awaited Title IX proposed rule to the White House on Friday after significant delay, bringing the department one step closer to finalizing the controversial regulation. The department has…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: House Democrats shared a wide-ranging legislative package Tuesday that would double the Pell Grant, make two years of community college free and cap interest rates for new federal student loans. The package of bills has…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Federal lawmakers and collegiate sports representatives volleyed ideas Thursday for creating a national standard governing name, image and likeness, or NIL, deals involving college athletes. During a House subcommittee hearing, lawmakers discussed a draft bill…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, launched a probe into four top-ranked universities this week over their responses to antisemitism on their campuses. The committee is looking into Harvard University,…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, introduced a legislative proposal this week that would strip colleges of federal funding if they require employees, students or applicants to write diversity, equity and inclusion statements. Colleges…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce this week urged U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to implement a Trump-era executive order intended to combat antisemitism. Every year since the executive order was signed, the…