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Education Department to Vacate LBJ Headquarters as Energy Takes Over

Officials cast the change as a cost-saving step that advances their plan to shift Education Department duties to other agencies.

Treasury Assumes Collections on Defaulted Federal Student Loans

Education Department Signals March Surge in Student Loan Forgiveness After SAVE Injunction Lifted

Education Department Says Jeffco Transgender Policies Violate Title IX, Gives 10 Days to Comply

Education Dept. Shifts Six K-12 Grant Programs to HHS, Assigns Foreign-Gift Oversight Portal to State

Education Department Confirms It Is Weighing Sale of $1.7 Trillion Student-Loan Portfolio

31 Universities End Ties With The PhD Project After Federal Civil-Rights Probe

Education Department Cuts IDR Backlog to 626,000 as Tens of Thousands Flagged for Forgiveness

States Secure Deals Preserving Billions in Federal School Funds After DEI Certification Rule Is Vacated

GAO Says Education Department Paid Up to $38 Million to Sideline Civil Rights Staff

Education Department Drops Appeal, Leaving Court Block on Anti-DEI Push Intact

Education Department Halts Involuntary Student-Loan Collections as McMahon Signals Restart Soon

One Year In, Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda Recasts the Federal–University Nexus

Education Department Publishes Public Database of Foreign Funds to U.S. Universities, Totaling $62.4 Billion

Education Department to Restart Student Loan Wage Garnishments in January 2026

AFT and Illinois Groups Sue Education Department Over Abrupt Community Schools Grant Cuts

Education Department to Resume Wage Garnishment for Defaulted Student Loans Jan. 7

Education Department Says New FAFSA ID Checks Blocked $1 Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Education Department Recalls Hundreds of OCR Staff to Cut Civil Rights Case Backlog

Education Department to Expand Income-Based Repayment Eligibility This Month