HIGHER EDUCATION

From nonpartisan sources.

The Education Department will erase about $6 billion of student loan debt in a proposed settlement of a lawsuit from borrowers who said the agency ignored their claims for relief after they were defrauded by their colleges.

The University System of Maryland’s board of regents voted recently to pave the way for its 12 universities to remove the requirement for prospective students to provide SAT or ACT scores.

Critics say the Republican governor is pitting one disadvantaged group against another when the state has enough money to fund financial aid for both.

It has some other ultra-conservative ideas of what students should learn, too.

The end of Roe v. Wade would disrupt a common education program for OB/GYN specialists and other doctors. Many medical residents could lose access to in-state abortion training.

George Washington University said the "Colonials" moniker has divided the community and “no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies.”

The center, set up with Boeing, will help military veterans transition to civilian life and build careers in the technology and defense industries.

Borrowers are growing anxious and frustrated as the White House delays an announcement on whether President Biden will cancel some of the $1.6 trillion in student debt held by millions of Americans.

Lawrence S. Bacow, who has led Harvard University as president through the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic and an intensive reckoning with its historic role in slavery and racial discrimination, announced Wednesday he will step down after the next academic year.

Ilya Shapiro said he has resigned from Georgetown Law days after he was reinstated following a months-long investigation into tweets about President Biden's Supreme Court pick.

Under pressure to diversify, companies are investing money and mentorship in historically Black colleges and universities.

Ilya Shapiro, who has been on paid administrative leave since January, will start work Friday, he said.

Nearly a decade after the collapse of Corinthian Colleges, former students of the defunct for-profit chain are set to have all of their federal student loans canceled.

Employers are heeding the call of younger workers for help with their education debt, and taking advantage of a new tax break born out of the pandemic. Still, there are more firms considering the perk than actually implementing it.

The move is likely to reignite fights between Democrats and the GOP over federal spending and higher education.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has announced a $1.5 billion program to help support early-career faculty in the sciences, named after outgoing University of Maryland Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski.