| 2026-02-24 | Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Department of State · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day
3 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff
3 src U.S. Government Accountability Office · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon · Bernie Sanders · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-08 | Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment by Forcing Partisan Auto-Reply Messages on Federal Employees
3 src U.S. Department of Education · American Federation of Government Employees |
| reported |
| 2025-08-26 | Trump Demands '$500 Million' From Harvard to Restore Frozen Federal Research Funding
3 src Trump · Harvard University · U.S. Department of Education | | reported |
| 2025-08-01 | Columbia University Agrees to Monitor Foreign Students for Trump Administration in $221 Million Settlement
3 src U.S. Department of Education · White House · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-11 | Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction
4 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | Education Department Civil Rights Division Slashed from 550 to 243 Employees
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Russell Vought · Office for Civil Rights | | confirmed |
| 2023-01-01 | 90/10 Rule Loophole Closes, Ending For-Profit Colleges' Predatory Targeting of Veterans by Counting GI Bill and Military Tuition Assistance as Federal Aid
19 src U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · For-Profit College Industry · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-24 | Sweet v. Cardona Settlement Approves $6 Billion in Automatic Debt Cancellation for 200,000 Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges, Ending Years of Trump-Era Delays
8 src U.S. Department of Education · Miguel Cardona · Betsy DeVos | | confirmed |
| 2020-03-13 | COVID-19 Emergency Triggers Student Loan Payment Pause - 44 Million Borrowers Get Relief
3 src Donald Trump · Joe Biden · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2019-10-24 | Federal Judge Holds DeVos in Contempt for Illegally Collecting on Corinthian Loans - $100K Fine
3 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-01 | Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers
7 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · For-Profit College Industry · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities |
| confirmed |
| 2019-01-18 | Dream Center Education Holdings Enters Receivership, Art Institutes Collapse Leaves Thousands Stranded, $16 Million in Student Aid Disappeared
3 src Education Management Corporation (EDMC) · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-21 | DeVos Replaces Full Debt Relief With Earnings-Based Formula - Corinthian Victims Get Pennies on Dollar
3 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-11 | Betsy DeVos Blocks Debt Relief for 200,000 Defrauded For-Profit College Students Despite Career Staff Recommendations
4 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges |
| confirmed |
| 2016-09-06 | ITT Technical Institute Closes Permanently After Federal Fraud Findings Leave 35,000 Students With Worthless Degrees
4 src U.S. Department of Education · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud
4 src Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities |
| confirmed |
| 2014-06-12 | Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan |
| confirmed |
| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-12-14 | University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation
3 src University of Phoenix · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2005-01-07 | Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda
3 src U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |