The Department of Education is forming a negotiated rulemaking committee to write new accrediting regulations and make it easier for new accreditors to become approved.

The Trump administration is soon expected to propose a plan that would cap loans for a number of advanced degrees—including master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing—and it’s gone viral on social media ...

Lawmakers should decouple accreditation from federal financing, lower caps on student lending, phase out the Parent PLUS program, and wind down loan forgiveness. Reforms proposed by the Trump ...

Higher education saw many newsworthy developments during 2025, led by the Trump administration’s multi-front campaign to align the nation’s colleges with the president’s political agenda. Here are ten ...