With a bill before Congress to abolish the Department of Education by Dec. 31, 2026, and an Education Secretary nominee who seems on board with that, it’s probably worth asking what exactly the Department of Education does. Because beyond the botched rollout of the new FAFSA last year, its actual doings don’t get a lot of attention. The Department’s mission…

It’s tax time, which means it’s time to claim education tax credits you may be eligible for. Unfortunately, a lot of tax software programs don’t provide good instructions for doing so, so it’s a good idea to pull up the instructions for Form 8863 and review them before filing. The American Opportunity Tax Credit is the more valuable of the available credits,…

Sometime over the past few decades, we seem to have ceded control of the college narrative to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world. If you watch the news, the attention given to highly selective colleges’ policies on admissions, financial aid, free speech, political expression, diversity, endowment investment and so on would have you think that they are a gigantic…

Did you get a 1098-T and a 1099-Q among your tax documents? If so, here’s what you need to know about them. Form 1098-T is a tuition statement that students receive from their college. It serves two primary purposes: Form 1098-T isn’t filed with your taxes; instead, you use the information to file and then keep it for your records….

It’s January, which means whatever your field, you’re inundated with projections for the year to come. Let me add to the pile by taking you through some trends shaping higher education in the years to come. Higher education is a dynamic field where change is a constant. Trends to watch include: Let’s go through them individually. Demographic and Enrollment Changes…