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dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained

Hosted by American Council on Education · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 159 episodes

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​​​​​​​​Each episode of dotEDU presents a deep dive into a major public policy issue impacting college campuses and students across the country. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah Spreitzer lead you through thought-provoking conversations on topics such as Department of Education policy, college costs and affordability, and more.

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American Council on Education hosts dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained, a education show with 159 episodes published.

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What Will It Take to Rebuild Trust in Higher Education?

May 13, 202658mEp. 155S7

Yale University's Committee on Trust in Higher Education spent a year examining the forces behind declining public confidence in colleges and universities and came back with 20 recommendations for how institutions can re

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Continuing the College Access Conversation

Apr 22, 20261h 0mEp. 154S7

The landscape for federal TRIO programs has shifted dramatically since we talked about it in January. The Department of Education (ED) has issued new grant proposals that would cut the number of programs by more than hal

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Student Voting Is Getting Harder. Now What?

Apr 8, 20261h 2mEp. 153S7

Colleges have spent years building systems to help students vote. Now a mix of federal guidance, investigations, and state-level changes is putting new pressure on that work. ACE General Counsel Peter McDonough joins us

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Workforce Pell, Professional Degrees, and a Complicated Spring in Washington

Mar 20, 202657m

The hosts are joined by ACE's Emmanual Guillory to break down key federal rulemaking shaping student aid. The conversation focuses on the latest developments in graduate loan limits, new rules for Workforce Pell and what

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dotEDU Live at ACEx2026

Mar 9, 20261h 1mEp. 151

At ACEx2026 in Washington, DC, the dotEDU team recorded a special live episode during a session at the ACE Annual Meeting. Instead of the usual format, hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Sarah Spreitzer, and Jon Fansmith took turns po

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A Funding Deal, the Pell Shortfall, and New Federal Pressure on Campuses

Feb 19, 202656m

The hosts run a rapid-fire policy lightning round on the biggest higher ed issues right now, from federal funding and a looming Pell shortfall to new graduate loan limits. They also dig into two fast-moving flashpoints:

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What the Headlines Miss About Higher Ed: A Conversation with Kirk Carapezza

Feb 13, 202631mEp. 149

The national conversation about higher education shifted dramatically in 2025. In this episode recorded in Boston in December, Jon Fansmith and Mushtaq Gunja talk with GBH News correspondent Kirk Carapezza about the repo

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What the Future Holds for Federal TRIO Programs

Jan 29, 20261h 0mEp. 148

Questions about the future of federal TRIO programs—academic and support services for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students—come up more than almost any other topic on the podcast. We're joined this week by

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What Counts as a Professional Degree in 2026?

Jan 16, 20261h 0mEp. 147

Valerie Fuller, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, visited the podcast to talk about how new federal loan limits will change what graduate students can borrow and why nursing may no longer be c

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The dotEDU Wrap Party for Policy Nerds

Dec 18, 20251h 0mEp. 146

In this final episode of 2025, hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Sarah Spreitzer, and Jon Fansmith spend the hour taking questions on the policy shifts and challenges campuses are watching most closely and the developments expected t

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2025 in Review: A Year That Redefined the Higher Ed Landscape

Dec 4, 20251h 3mEp. 145

The dotEDU hosts look back at a year that reshaped higher education in ways few expected back in January. Mushtaq, Sarah, and Jon talk through their top five stories of 2025, including the push to dismantle the Departmen

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Judyth Sachs on International Students and a Changing Landscape

Nov 20, 202552mEp. 144

For International Education Week, Sarah and Jon talk with Dr. Jud y th Sachs, c hief a cademic o fficer at Studiosity , about the pressures students face across borders—well-being, finances, language, and the challenge o

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From Big Beautiful Bill to Big Complicated Rules

Nov 14, 20251h 3mEp. 143

The One Big Beautiful Bill may have made headlines but now comes the hard part: writing the rules. In this episode of dotEDU , we unpack the Education Department's massive regulatory to-do list, from loan caps and profes

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If it's a shutdown, why are we so busy?

Oct 31, 20251h 3m

The Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence" faces near-universal rejection from the nation's leading universities , even as the White House continues to look for takers. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith

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Can They Do That? The White House's Higher Ed Compact and Shutdown Fallout

Oct 8, 20251h 0mEp. 141

The Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence" lands on nine campuses with vague perks and 23 demands, including tuition freezes, international caps, and "viewpoint diversity" audits. Hosts Mushtaq

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Congress funded equity and access. The Trump administration calls it discrimination.

Sep 23, 202559mEp. 140

The Trump administration is cutting off or moving funding for TRIO, GEAR UP, and MSI programs—even though Congress approved the money. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah Spreitzer explain what's happening, why

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Demands for Data on Race and the Future of College Admissions

Sep 11, 20251h 3mEp. 139

dotEDU is back for Season 7 with an examination of President Trump's demand for admissions data by race and sex and what that means for campuses. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah Spreitzer—joined by ACE's Hir

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dotEDU Live: Ask Us Anything About Higher Education Policy

Jul 31, 20251h 1mEp. 138

At the six-month mark of the Trump administration, the dotEDU Live hosts take stock of the landscape for colleges and universities. Kicking off with big-picture questions about how colleges can stay mission-focused and w

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dotEDU Live: The Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed. What's Next?

Jul 11, 20251h 0mEp. 137

https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/ The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law, and colleges are facing a wave of new policies with real consequences for students and campuses. Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah S

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dotEDU Live: What the Senate Reconciliation Bill Gets (Mostly) Wrong

Jun 27, 20251h 3mEp. 136

Hosts Jon Fansmith, Sarah Spreitzer, and Mushtaq Gunja dig into the Senate's reconciliation bill and what it means for colleges and students—student loan limits, endowment taxes, accountability rules, and more. They also

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