You may have noticed (hopefully so) that there is a great deal of buzz these days about an apparently well-intentioned little piece of new federal law somewhat buried in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” (It is BIG – the Senate version of the bill was 887 pages!) Section 84001 of this huge, far-reaching legislation has a provision known as the “Do No Harm” codicil. This provision is an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 and stands to jeopardize federal student aid eligibility for...

Last week, after both houses of Congress very narrowly passed it, President Trump signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). The...

To start out on a positive note, there are a few good things in the 2025 “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” The threshold for required...