Department of Education
October 8, 2026
The status of student loans
In recent months, the Department of Education has been working to implement a law called the Student Tuition and Transparency System, or STATS. The law, originally part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, says that if the average graduate of some program at a university does not have earnings at least as high as the average person with only a high school diploma, then that program will no longer be able to receive federal loans. Steve Wolma, vice president for enrollment management, said, “The concern is that it’s going to prevent us from being able to offer...
September 18, 2025
Department of Education cuts funding to minority-serving institutions
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will be ending grant funding to certain minority-serving institutions. This includes Goshen College, which has had the designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution since 2023. This change represents a significant cut to grants nationally. According to the DOE’s press release, “Approximately $350 million in discretionary funds were expected to be allocated to support these programs in fiscal year 2025. These funds will be reprogrammed into programs that do not include discriminatory racial and ethnic quotas and that advance Administration priorities.” President Rebecca Stoltzfus said that this did not come as a total...