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Hard-working students scored another win after the Department of Education reinstated an additional vital protection. The new move will help ensure millions of student loan borrowers enjoy a hassle-free and honest process. Applaud the department’s new leadership for making the right moves for students.

Biden has ordered a review of the Trump-era rule on how colleges and universities handle complaints of sexual misconduct under Title IX.

This timeline shows how a failing agency has remained a gatekeeper to federal financial aid dollars.

  Share Source: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned from her post on Thursday, in the wake of violent riots perpetrated by supporters of President Trump at the United States Capitol. DeVos acknowledged the legislative accomplishments achieved by the Trump administration, but said the president’s rhetoric undoubtedly enabled the violence.  “We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administrations many accomplishments on behalf of the Ame...

Hans G. Despain: The student loan debt sentence Hans G. Despain Political pressures for student loan forgiveness have been mounting for the past decade. There have been lender jubilees for financial institutions and massive bank bailouts, why not a jubilee for borrowers?  National politicians should follow the lead of Massachusetts State Sen. Eric Lesser (D-Frist Hampden and Hampshire), who proposed a Massachusetts “Student Loan Bill of Rights.” President Trump’s and Secretary of Ed...

Copy URL Shortly after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory—amid the continued disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic—U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos decided to send schools a message. purporting to show that little coronavirus education relief had actually been spent, many months after it became available. She used the announcement to challenge states’ alacrity in responding to the virus and cast doubts on their calls for additional federal aid. “I hope parents, teachers, an...