Betsy DeVos

Advocacy groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Education to open a civil rights investigation into how The Ohio State University responded to…

Government lawyers were in federal court Thursday for a hearing in a lawsuit over guidelines that would allow schools to demand a higher standard of evidence, making it tougher to prove an assault.

Documents obtained by NPR show that nearly 11,000 TEACH recipients may have lost their grants because of mistakes by the loan servicer, but only a small fraction of the problems were ever fixed.

The Federal Commission on School Safety held its first public listening session Wednesday. Secretary DeVos, the chair, as well as the three other cabinet secretaries on the commission, did not attend.

The announcement by the department officially states that the Title IX civil rights law doesn't protect gender identity.

Student loan borrowers defrauded by colleges may soon find it harder to have their debts forgiven.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may be using some compromise plans devised by outside groups as a model for balancing the rights of alleged victims and accused students.

In a speech at George Mason University, the Education Secretary emphasized due process for the accused.

Defrauded students speak out against DeVos' regulatory walkback, and more in our weekly roundup.

The rule was created to protect students from the fallout from abuses and failures by for-profit colleges. A new court filing says that the Education Department's delay of the rule is unlawful.