Biden Administration Proposes New Student Loan Repayment Regulations

Jan 12, 2023 | Blog Posts

On January 10th, the Department of Education announced proposed “regulations to reduce the cost of federal student loan payments, especially for low and middle-income borrowers.” This plan would specifically lower the cost of monthly student loan payments under...

U.S. News Changes Law School Rankings System

Jan 6, 2023 | Blog Posts

Last November, Yale and Harvard Law Schools announced that they would no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top law schools. Other top schools followed suit. As a result, U.S. News announced a series of changes to its law school...

NCAA Proposes New Benefits for College Athletes

Jan 4, 2023 | Blog Posts

This week, the NCAA Transformation Committee, a committee tasked with evaluating the division’s success in providing for the needs of student athletes, released a report detailing a series of far-reaching recommendations that would benefit the personal and...

NYU to Temporarily Suspend Admissions to Undergraduate Music Education Program

Dec 21, 2022 | Blog Posts

New York University has announced a suspension of admissions to their undergraduate music education program, as reported by Inside Higher Ed on December 19th. Marilyn Nonken, the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions chair, stated that the purpose of the...

Reports Shed Light on Underfunding of HBCUs

Dec 15, 2022 | Blog Posts

This week, The Hunt Institute published two briefs on the strategies implemented by the states of Maryland and Tennessee to address the underfunding of public and private HBCUs in their states. The briefs, parts of a three-part series published in conjunction with the...