Tag: Biden Administration

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine the outcome of President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of...

The status of President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program is in question following a Thursday ruling from a federal judge in Texas. As...

The Biden administration's student loan forgiveness application is now live, and more than 40 million eligible borrowers are expected to apply online. The plan includes...

Universities and higher education groups will assist President Biden in the goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030, the White House announced...

A lawyer working for a libertarian legal group has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over President Biden’s policies to...

With the recent announcement by the Biden administration that federal student loan borrowers will see a cancellation of $10,000 of student debt for low-...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX in June, the U.S. Department of Education released long-awaited proposed changes to the...

The Biden administration released a proposed overhaul of Title IX on Thursday, which marks the 50th anniversary of the law’s passage. The changes would undo much of...

In its effort to support underserved communities and promote racial equity in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education under...

The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will extend the student loan payment moratorium through August 31. The payment pause has, to this...

The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that the federal student loan repayment, interest, and collections pause will continue through May 1, 2022. The freeze is...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a new rule proposal Tuesday aimed at helping protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...

In a 51-48 vote on Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as assistant attorney general of civil rights at the Department of Justice...

On March 10, the Biden administration passed the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill to provide the third round of relief needed because of the...

This week, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken named Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the State Department's first chief diversity officer. The position was created in an...

The Biden administration plans to hold a hearing to solicit public input on changes to Title IX regulations, the Department of Education announced in...

President Joe Biden recently signed a string of executive orders to undo Trump-era Title IX policies, address gender equity, and combat voter suppression.  On International...

Robert Hampshire, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, or the Ford School, was...

Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona gave testimony about his plans for reopening schools and other top educational priorities during a hearing on Wednesday before...

President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions on Tuesday that aim to advance racial equity policies throughout several departments of the federal...

The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced Monday it will host additional programming to celebrate diversity prior to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and...

On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden selected Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of Interior, making her the first Indigenous person to serve...

President-elect Joe Biden vowed to diversify his cabinet during his campaign and is continuing to follow through on that promise with his recent nominations...