SS Higher Education Trends
Education Department reopens IDR student loan plan applications
The American Federation of Teachers sued the agency this month for blocking access to the congressionally mandated repayment options.
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Mar 28, 2025
House passes bill to lower foreign reporting threshold to $50K
The legislation, known as the Deterrent Act, would also require colleges to report all foreign gifts and contracts with “countries of concern,” such as China.
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Mar 28, 2025
University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption
With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.
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Mar 27, 2025
‘Undercutting your future’: What a higher endowment tax would mean for colleges
The sector is worried about more risk, fewer resources and a disincentivized donor base as Republicans eye a bigger levy on university investments.
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Mar 27, 2025