SS Higher Education Trends
Week in review: Judge deals major blow to plans to dismantle Education Department
We’re rounding up last week’s news, from an order to reinstate the agency’s fired workers to another Trump administration action against Harvard.
By SS
May 27, 2025
The reconciliation bill cleared the House. Here’s how it would change higher ed.
Critics worry that the spending package, now headed to the Senate, would have a “historic and negative impact” on college access.
By SS
May 23, 2025
‘A shell of itself’: Federal judge pauses efforts to wind down Education Department
Higher education advocates praised the ruling, while the agency promised to immediately challenge the preliminary injunction.
By SS
May 23, 2025
Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
Thousands of foreign students attending Harvard must now "transfer or lose their legal status," according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
By SS
May 23, 2025