Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Senators from both sides of the aisle are pushing the U.S. Department of Education to delay implementation of its gainful employment rule amid a rocky release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In … Read more
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Connecticut lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the state’s public and private colleges from using legacy admissions to give preferential treatment to applicants related to alumni. Lawmakers on the state’s higher education committee … Read more
State lawmakers could put the University of Idaho’s planned acquisition of the University of Phoenix at “grave risk” if they file a lawsuit against the deal, Kurt Liebich, a member of the state’s education board, said during a legislative hearing Thursday. Last May, the Idaho State Board of Education approved the state university’s request to … Read more
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Idaho lawmakers are pushing back on the University of Idaho’s planned purchase of the University of Phoenix, including by threatening potential legal action. A resolution introduced last week seeks to have the Idaho State Board … Read more
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nebraska lawmakers Tuesday are set to debate proposals that could eliminate tenure and dramatically diminish campuses’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Under one bill, public colleges would be barred from creating DEI offices or requiring … Read more
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Utah House lawmakers Friday approved final changes to a sweeping bill that would effectively eliminate public colleges’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, one of the last key steps before it heads to Gov. Spencer Cox’s … Read more
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Over two dozen Republican lawmakers are urging a government watchdog to investigate the U.S. Department of Education’s rollout of the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The Education Department launched the simplified FAFSA on … Read more
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 … Read more