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The House of Representatives passed a legislative package Wednesday evening in a 222-209 vote, putting Congress one step closer to ending the federal government’s longest shutdown…

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing multi-agency layoffs during the federal government shutdown, sparing an already depleted U.S. Department of…

The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday took the next step in firing more than 250 office for civil rights employees who have been in professional…

As of Friday afternoon, it remained unclear how many staff members would be affected. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images…

Staff furloughed from the U.S. Department of Education say their out-of-office emails blaming Democratic senators for the federal government shutdown were set up without their permission—and…

The full version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is scheduled to launch Oct. 1. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | SimoneN/iStock/Getty Images…

Harvard had a financial responsibility score of 2.8, well over the passing 1.5 required by the Education Department, in fiscal year 2023. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe/Getty Images The…

In a new court filing, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is asking a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Education to follow the…

The U.S. Department of Education unveiled plans Wednesday to promote “patriotic education” in civics and history classrooms—a cause that President Donald Trump, who has accused schools…

The Virginia university has been under investigation since early July. John M. Chase/iStock Unreleased/Getty Images Gregory Washington, president of Virginia’s George Mason University, must apologize to…