Federal Rulemaking Recap for Postsecondary Program Accountability: What Changed and What It Means for Higher Education
January 15, 2026 by Roxanne Garza The U.S. Department of Education (ED), signed off on regulations that would require all postsecondary programs to pass a single earnings test to remain eligible for federal student loans
Dismantling Education: What the Trump Administration’s Illegal Attacks on Federal Programs Mean for Students, Families, and Educators
December 16, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust President and CEO Denise Forte provided testimony in a Senate spotlight forum on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education
How the Elimination of Grad PLUS Loans and Classification of Professional Degrees Harm Women and Students of Color
OBBBA’s new regulations impose a lifetime limit on all federal student loans, including undergraduate. This means many students may reach their borrowing limit before completing their degree
The Great American Heist Comes for Student-Parents: Why Moving CCAMPIS Is a Direct Attack on College Access
December 02, 2025 by Jinann Bitar CCAMPIS is the only federal program that helps low-income student-parents access child care so they can complete college. The Trump administration is sabotaging it
Raising the Cost of Borrowing, Reducing Access: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Reshapes Financial Aid and Repayment
November 06, 2025 by Victoria Jackson The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) cuts key federal financial aid programs for undergraduate and graduate students and consumer protections for student loan repayment
Shutting the Doors of Opportunity in Higher Education
September 17, 2025 by Roxanne Garza During a shadow hearing, students and borrowers, most of whom were the first in their family to attend college, testified about their worries of how they would pay off their student loans
FY26 Federal Funding at Risk for America’s Schools
September 15, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust has created an interactive tool that shows what’s at stake for states if the budget proposal from Trump or the House is adopted for school districts across the country, including high-poverty, urban, and rural districts
The Great American Heist
August 15, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust is sounding the alarm about The Great American Heist — the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history that affects everyone — that’s happening right in front of our eyes
The Trump Administration’s Strategy to Influence Higher Education and What K-12 Schools Can Learn from It
August 07, 2025 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. For K-12 schools and districts, the Trump Administration’s attacks on Higher Ed serve as a warning of what could come