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Education Department moves to garnish wages of defaulted borrowers — notices begin in January
The Education Department will begin sending notices in early January to roughly 1,000 federal student‑loan borrowers whose accounts are in default, the opening step in a broader plan to resume...
UNC system mandates public, searchable syllabi starting 2026–27
The University of North Carolina system adopted a policy treating class syllabi as public records and will require instructors to post searchable syllabi beginning in the 2026–27 academic year....
Some California colleges still list transcript holds five years after state ban
A UC Merced survey found 24 of California’s 115 community colleges still told students on their websites that unpaid balances could block access to transcripts, despite a 2020 state law outlawing...
College presidents’ corporate boards draw scrutiny — Clemson case underscores risk
Clemson University’s outgoing president faced scrutiny for serving on corporate boards, generating questions about conflicts of interest and governance that can implicate public institutions. The...
Education Dept. to start wage garnishments: 1,000 notices due Jan. 7
The U.S. Department of Education announced it will begin sending notices to defaulted student‑loan borrowers the week of Jan. 7, a step that precedes wage garnishment actions for borrowers who are...
Trump pushes accreditation overhaul – NACIQI retooled
The Department of Education has reshaped the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), installing critics of diversity, equity and inclusion and signaling a...
DOJ: several minority‑serving grants unconstitutional – funding to be repurposed
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that multiple U.S. Department of Education grant programs with race‑based eligibility criteria—those aimed at Hispanic‑serving, Native...
Education Dept. opens Clery Act review of Brown after campus shooting
The Department of Education launched a Clery Act investigation into Brown University after a campus shooting that left two students dead and prompted a five‑day manhunt. Secretary Linda McMahon...
University of Oklahoma fires graduate instructor – zeroed student for citing Bible
The University of Oklahoma removed a graduate teaching assistant after an investigation found the instructor acted arbitrarily in assigning a zero to a student who cited the Bible in an essay on...
UNC system mandates public syllabi – transparency rule set for 2026‑27
The University of North Carolina System adopted a rule treating course syllabi as public records and will require instructors to post searchable syllabi starting in the 2026‑27 academic year. The...
Federal court orders mental‑health grants reinstated — lawsuits over grant cancellations mount
A federal judge permanently reinstated school‑based mental‑health grants to 16 states, ruling that the Education Department’s April cancellation of multi‑year funding was unlawful and politicized....
Teamsters at California State University authorize strike – campuses face winter labor risk
Members of Teamsters Local 2010, representing roughly 1,100 skilled trade workers across the California State University system, voted to authorize a statewide strike after disputes over withheld...
Ransomware evolves against universities — education sector sees surge in attacks
Cybersecurity firms report a sharp rise in sophisticated ransomware and extortion attacks targeting colleges and universities, with education organizations facing thousands of weekly probes and a...
New graduate loan caps risk shrinking talent pipeline – MBA access in question
A policy analysis warns that new federal limits on graduate lending—eliminating Graduate PLUS and imposing lifetime borrowing caps—will reconfigure who can afford advanced degrees and reshape the...
Accreditation in the crosshairs: Trump team reshapes NACIQI
The Department of Education has begun remaking its accreditation advisory apparatus, installing Jay Greene as chair of NACIQI and signaling a push to prioritize graduation rates, earnings and...
Brown probed: ED opens Clery Act review after campus shooting
The U.S. Department of Education launched a Clery Act review of Brown University after a campus shooting that killed two students, requesting security records, crime logs and...
Oklahoma fires instructor after zero grade on Bible‑cited gender essay
The University of Oklahoma fired a graduate teaching assistant after an investigation found she had acted "arbitrarily" in awarding a zero to a student who cited the Bible and argued against...
Wage garnishment begins: Education Dept. to notify defaulted borrowers in January
The U.S. Department of Education will begin sending notices the week of Jan. 7 to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default, signaling the restart of wage‑garnishment collections for borrowers who are...
Legal front: DOJ says race‑based grants unlawful — lawsuits pile up
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that several Education Department grant programs with racial eligibility criteria — including grants for Hispanic‑serving institutions...
Judge restores school mental‑health grants — Education Dept. cancellation ruled unlawful
A federal judge ordered the permanent reinstatement of school‑based and professional development mental‑health grants in 16 states after finding the Education Department’s April cancellation...