Admin Action

On August 26, 2025, we submitted written comments as the Department prepares to begin its negotiated rulemaking process, convening two…

Today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing mass firings at the Department of Education to proceed, which were carried out based on a March 2025 executive order from the Trump Administration. The order was put forward as part of the Administration’s continued efforts to dismantle the Department. 

Late last week, President Trump released his fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget request that expanded on his “skinny budget” from early May. In the latest version, cuts to higher education access and success programming and financial aid were equally stark. TICAS President Sameer Gadkaree responds in this statement.

President Trump released a budget proposal that builds on his administration’s continued, damaging pattern of cuts to higher education. TICAS President Sameer Gadkaree responds.

In response to President Trump’s executive order on accreditation on April 23, Sameer Gadkaree, President of The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), issued the following statement.

Earlier today, President Trump indicated that the federal loan portfolio would be transferred immediately to the Small Business Administration (SBA). The following statement is attributed to Jessica Thompson, Senior Vice President of TICAS.