Policy and Legislation

Higher Ed Dive analyzes how the elimination of the federal Grad PLUS loan program and introduction of lifetime caps on graduate school borrowing will shape higher education.

A new report by the National College Attainment Network finds that most public colleges are financially out of reach for the average low-income student, especially as families face new caps…

The Department of Education announced it will eliminate $350 million in federal grant programs for Minority-Serving Institutions, which include Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Predominantly Black Institutions; and colleges serving Alaska Native, Native…

The cancellation of the online dashboard called Landscape comes after increased scrutiny of how schools use economic and demographic data in college admissions.

Due to visa processing delays, new international student enrollment at U.S. colleges could fall by 30-40%, which would result in an estimated $7 billion in lost revenue and 60,000 fewer…

While two-year colleges haven’t been expressly targeted by the Trump administration’s higher education policies, they are feeling the effects—with significant implications for the nation’s students and workforce—community college leaders tell…

More U.S. colleges and universities are embracing programs that confer bachelor’s degrees in three years in certain fields by using a reduced-credit model.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes significant cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food assistance to low-income families. The changes may lead to higher rates of…

Higher education advocates say that the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will “deepe[n] existing inequalities” by making financial aid and social programs more difficult to access, especially for…

Advocates hope more state legislatures will invest in interest-free ‘pay-it-forward’ student loan programs, which ask borrowers for repayment only when they’ve begun earning a minimum amount and use those payments…