A look at plans to move federal student loans to the Small Business Administration
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A day after White House officials said the Education Department would administer the student loan program, President Donald Trump announced that the Small Business Administration would be taking over the $1.7 trillion portfolio.
Read More about A look at plans to move federal student loans to the Small Business AdministrationExperts express concerns over plans to move student loans from the Education Department to the Small Business Administration
THE HILL — President Trump moving student loans from the Education Department to the Small Business Administration (SBA) is rattling those affected, who say it is prime evidence that the White House has no real plan for its efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
Read More about Experts express concerns over plans to move student loans from the Education Department to the Small Business AdministrationEducation Department struggles to fulfill duties following layoffs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Trump administration said its sweeping cuts would eliminate bloat at the department. Staff say the “chaotic” process has stalled essential functions and left remaining employees with unmanageable workloads.
Read More about Education Department struggles to fulfill duties following layoffsFormer Education Department employees criticize changes made to data warehouse
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — For the employees who worked there, the weeks before the purge of the Education Department’s statistics and research arm were a blur of apprehension and confusion.
Read More about Former Education Department employees criticize changes made to data warehouseColumbia University’s interim president steps down amid fallout from handling of White House demands
MSN — Columbia University’s interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration.
Read More about Columbia University’s interim president steps down amid fallout from handling of White House demandsFederal funding cuts are leading to overworked faculty and larger class sizes at universities
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — College officials across the nation are instituting hiring freezes and spending cuts in response to President Trump’s widespread attacks on higher education, hoping to stave off even more drastic measures down the road, such as layoffs.
Read More about Federal funding cuts are leading to overworked faculty and larger class sizes at universitiesA look at how higher endowment taxes could affect universities
HIGHER ED DIVE — So far during President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration’s primary financial impact on higher education has been cutting funding to institutions and the sector.
Read More about A look at how higher endowment taxes could affect universitiesAmerican Association of University Professors Middle East studies group sues federal government over deportations
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Accusing the Trump administration of creating a “climate of repression and fear on university campuses,” two faculty groups sued the federal government Tuesday to stop the president’s efforts to deport noncitizen students and faculty who have participated in pro-Palestinian protests.
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association and 55 other lawyer groups on Wednesday called for the legal profession to speak out against what they said was the U.S. government’s intimidation of judges, attorneys and law firms.
Read More about ABA and other bar associations call for attorneys to stand up for the rule of lawLaw firms WilmerHale and Jenner & Block sue over executive orders targeting the firms
REUTERS — Two U.S. judges temporarily blocked key parts of Donald Trump‘s executive orders targeting Jenner & Block and WilmerHale on Friday as the prominent law firms challenged the Republican president in court while another one, Skadden Arps, cut a deal with the White House to avoid a similar directive.
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