President and Administration
President Trump has postponed his plan to ban flavored e-cigarette products after listening to advisers wary of political fallout…
Implementing the VA Mission Act: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern scholarships to certain health care professionals…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) (collectively, the Departments), are jointly issuing a final rule to amend the regulations governing DOL's certification of nonagricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2B nonimmigrant status (H-2B workers)…
Education
Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday,11/13, proposed revamping both K-12 and higher education to make them more tailored to the needs of the workforce…
The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday, 11/8, that it invested $540 million to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, including computer science, through discretionary and research grants in Fiscal Year 2019, in accordance with President Trump's directive to foster expanded opportunities in these in-demand career fields…
On Wednesday, 11/20, the House Education and Labor Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Labor Department's Apprenticeship Program."…
The number of enrolled international students at American colleges and universities decreased at all academic levels -- undergraduate, graduate and nondegree -- in the 2018-19 academic year, according to new data from the "Open Doors" report…
Two new polls show that Americans—particularly young Americans—don’t see a college degree as crucial to their career success, yet one more sign that people are questioning whether higher education is worth the debt…
Congress
Dramatic testimony from U.S. diplomats working in Ukraine have significantly raised the stakes for this week’s impeachment inquiry appearance from Gordon Sondland…
While top appropriators say they’ve made progress on how to tackle the 12 annual spending bills that keep the government running, the short timeline and continued disagreement…