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Education Department Launches Antisemitism Awareness Campaign

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) has launched its Antisemitism Awareness Campaign to ensure all students – including Jewish students – are able to attend schools free from discrimination and harassment. This comes as the Biden-Harris Administration issues the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Cardona. "No

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More Tough Questions for Education Department

Inside Higher Ed

More Tough Questions for Education Department Featured Image at Top of Article Kvaal House Hearing.png Katherine Knott Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Northwestern University to Rename African American Studies Department

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies. The department – housed in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences – is making the change to better reflect the range of its scholarship and teaching, according to the formal name change proposal. “We

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2U sues Education Department over third-party guidance

Higher Ed Dive

The OPM alleges the department overstepped its authority and created “an expansive and onerous regulatory regime.”

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Education Department releases draft version of FAFSA

Inside Higher Ed

” The Education Department released the draft and other supplementary materials last week and will accept comments on the form through May 23 before finalizing the document. ” Several of the comments already posted on the form urge the department to add the question back. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Education Department failed to properly report on policy experiments at colleges, agency watchdog says

Higher Ed Dive

The department said by the end of the year it will produce for Congress a comprehensive summary of all the recent trials.

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Cardona defends Education Department budget proposal, fields questions about repayment pause

Higher Ed Dive

The secretary said the agency is readying to resume payments, which comes as the Supreme Court decides whether Biden’s loan forgiveness plan is legal.