Press Releases 
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May 1, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to nearly 317,000 borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus on or after Jan. 1, 2004, through Oct. 16, 2017. The U.S.
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April 30, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced that it has completed reprocessing 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) forms impacted by known issues with IRS data, which should enable all institutions to package financial aid offers.
The Department also announced changes to allow applicants and contributors without a Social Security number (SSN) to immediately access and submit the online form.
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April 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees.
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April 26, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today released the following statement on Richard Cordray stepping down as Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of Education office of Federal Student Aid (FSA):
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April 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the Redlands Unified School District in California has entered into a resolution agreement to remedy violations OCR found of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 regarding district responses to notice of sexual assault and other sexual harassment of its students, including by employees.
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April 24, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today will announce at the U.S.
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April 23, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced today the selection of Mario Diaz Albarran, head custodian at Lincoln Elementary School in Palatine, Illinois, as the 2024 Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) honoree.
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April 19, 2024
Department Advances Educational Equity and Opportunity
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April 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced a new path for borrowers who are incarcerated to exit default through consolidation, providing them access to improve their credit and better repayment options than ever before.
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April 16, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration today released its first set of draft rules that propose to provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. These plans were announced last week by President Biden in Madison, Wisconsin. If implemented as proposed, these plans, and others announced by the President, would bring the total number of borrowers getting relief under the Biden-Harris Administration to more than 30 million.