A Year After the February 14, 2025 USDOE Dear Colleague Letter and Title VI Coordinator Best Practice Issues
Executive Order Breakdown: President Trump's Vision for College Sports and NIL Reform — Highway to NIL Podcast
Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Rescission of DOE Guidance — Highway to NIL Podcast
DOE Guidance and DOJ Statement of Interest — Highway to NIL Podcast
Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Developments Affecting Student Loan Origination and Servicing
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
Investigating Sexual Misconduct in High Education: Potential Pitfalls During Title IX Investigations and How to Avoid Them
Congressman: My Plan Would Reduce Student Loan Defaults: Video
On January 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) confirmed in a press release that it intends to establish an Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking committee to advance President...more
The Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education Continues - The Trump Administration is continuing its efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) by delegating the responsibility of administering several...more
According to a December 8 Electronic Announcement, students completing the FAFSA will now see a new disclosure flagging an institution as “lower earning” when that institution’s undergraduate completers’ median earnings are...more
Fairfax Cty. Sch. Bd. v. McMahon, Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-1432, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179299, at *5 (E.D. Va. Sep. 5, 2025). District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declines to rule on the merits of a school...more
On November 18, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that it will reassign some of the Department of Education’s key programs, including those involving K-12 education, to the Department of Labor. As described by the...more
On November 18, the US Department of Education announced six new agency partnerships that shift core programs and responsibilities away from the USDOE for the stated purpose of “breaking up federal bureaucracy” and returning...more
On November 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) announced six new interagency agreements (“IAAs”) designed to reassign responsibilities traditionally vested with ED to four other federal agencies. ...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a sweeping set of six new interagency agreements (IAAs) that fundamentally alter how major federal education programs will be administered. These agreements —...more
On Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with the departments of Labor (DOL), Interior (DOI), Health and Human Services (HHS) and State. These agreements reflect the...more
The U.S. Department of Education will shift some of its programming and activities by partnering with a new set of federal agencies, the agency announced Tuesday, a move that has implications for both higher education and...more
Thompson Coburn partner Aaron Lacey, co-chair of the firm’s nationally recognized Higher Education Practice, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Education as a primary negotiator to the Accountability in Higher...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week. Federal Activities: On...more
On November 3, a coalition of 22 state attorneys general announced a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Education. The suit seeks to block the department’s...more
In 2025, the government has canceled or discontinued billions of dollars in federal grants. Entities seeking to challenge these terminations have faced uncertainty as to which forum is appropriate for such claims. A federal...more
The Senate returned to Washington, D.C. this afternoon, and the House remains out of session. If the government shutdown continues past Tuesday, it will become the longest shutdown in U.S. history....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that mandatory anti-bias training can support a claim for a racially hostile work environment if it repeatedly portrays a specific race in negative or...more
On October 1, 2025, according to external reporting by The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Examiner, and others, the White House sent a letter inviting nine universities to enter into an accompanying nine-page Compact for...more
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson submitted a report to the Office of Management and Budget recommending deletion or modification of more than 125 federal regulations he views as anticompetitive. ...more
The White House issued the “Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions” executive order (EO) on Aug. 7, 2025. The EO aims at eliminating the use of race in higher education admissions practices and revamping the...more
Reestablishes the Presidential Fitness Test and revitalizes the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to promote youth participation in sports, improve national health, and address rising rates of obesity and...more
Yesterday, July 24, 2025, President Trump signed a new executive order aimed at preserving and expanding opportunities for collegiate student-athletes, with a focus on women’s and non-revenue sports. This order identifies...more
In another case that may not augur well for the CFPB staff, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump Administration to continue dismantling the Education Department, lifting a court order that had required the rehiring of as...more
Q&A with Reid Skibell and Jon Friedman, partners at Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, after the firm obtained a preliminary injunction in a pro bono lawsuit brought on behalf of Victim Rights Law Center and two students and their...more
In its recently adjourned session, the General Assembly passed two major bills regarding special education. Although the Governor has not yet signed these bills, we wanted to provide a brief and non-exhaustive overview of the...more
Last week marked President Trump’s 100th day in office for his second term. As we have reported over the course of the past few months, the first 100 days of the second Trump administration have been active, with many new...more