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The Latest Breaking News from the Education Department

Groups sue over Trump’s plan to cap graduate student loans

New limits on federal student loans for graduate students are set to take effect July 1

The Independent UK

Trump shifts higher education fight from campus probes to federal rulebook

The Trump administration is changing its approach to higher education. Instead of targeting individual campuses, new federal rules are being proposed. These rules aim to influence thousands of universities nationwide. The administration seeks to reshape policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This shift follows legal challenges to earlier actions. The…

The Economic Times

Trump’s civil rights shake-up sparks fury as Black student programs come under fire

Under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students

The Independent UK

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Trump’s education department looking to cut aid for thousands of low-paying college majors

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The Independent UK

Trump team looking to cut aid to college majors that don’t result in high paying jobs

Critics have argued the Education Department’s proposed rule requires ‘critical adjustments’

The Independent UK

Education Department is investigating whether Smith College’s admissions violate Title IX – but this law doesn’t actually apply to the case

Since 2015, Smith College, one of the largest and most prestigious women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has allowed any student who identifies as female to apply to and attend the school.

The Conversation

States sue Trump team over cap for nursing student loans and claim it will worsen nation’s healthcare worker shortage

The states argued that the Education Department’s new rule ‘will discourage potential healthcare workers from entering the field’

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US Tells Millions Of Student Loan Borrowers To Pay Up — Forgiveness Off The Table, Wage Garnishment Could Follow

Education Department tells 7.5M SAVE plan borrowers and 8.8M in default that loan forgiveness is off the table. Payments resume July.

International Business Times UK

How To Refinance Student Loans Amid Backlogs For 643,000 Borrowers, Looming SAVE Plan Deadline

Over 643,000 US student loan borrowers remain stuck in repayment backlogs as the SAVE plan winds down and a 1 July deadline approaches.

International Business Times UK

Trump administration scraps transgender student protections in schools

Trump has taken a hard line on trans rights since returning to office

The Independent UK

Education Department directs student loan borrowers in SAVE plan to prepare for repayment

More than 7 million student loan borrowers who've been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt

The Independent UK

Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump's dismantling

The Education Department will relocate from its Washington headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday

The Independent UK

Student loans are headed to the Treasury Department. Here's what to know if you have student debt

The Treasury Department will take over the management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, according to a new agreement announced Thursday

The Independent UK

More than 9M student loan borrowers are in default as record numbers fall behind on payments

The Education Department’s total student loan portfolio stands at nearly $1.7 trillion

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Treasury Department taking over some student loans as the Education Department gets dismantled

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department

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Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities to other US agencies

The Education Department is handing over more of its programs and grants to other federal agencies

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Trump cut $168 million from school funding, leaving kids to return to schools gutted of key care programs

The programs cut affect more than just the students.

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Trump admin reveals first-of-its-kind funding data in elite college crackdown

The Education Department said that in 2025, colleges and universities received $5.2 billion in foreign gifts and contracts.

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The Independent UK

Everything to know about federal student loan repayment changes

Millions are behind on loan payments and at risk of default this year

The Independent UK

Trump team now working to save Native American mascots from schools that were told to remove them

Between 2022 and 2023, upwards of 16 schools altered their mascots, according to the National Congress of American Indians

The Independent UK

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities

Fortune

Student loan borrowers: The Education Department is garnishing wages for millions in default. Here is who is affected and how much they can take

Wage garnishment "is a scary concept since they can take 15% of after-tax income," Ashley Morgan, debt and bankruptcy attorney and owner of Ashley F. Morgan Law PC, told Fortune.

International Business Times UK

What to Do If You Receive a Wage Garnishment Notice: A Checklist for Student Loan Borrowers

Student loan borrowers facing wage garnishment can explore multiple options to halt the process and take their debts out of default.

The Texas Tribune

Probes of racism in Lubbock schools have stalled under Trump

West Texas parents say racist incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”

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