Jessica Blake

Washington, D.C., United States

General Assignment Reporter at Inside Higher Ed

Federal Policy Reporter @insidehighered | Mizzou made. Ohio native. | Passionate about storytelling, research and public service.

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What’s in House Republicans’ Risk-Sharing Plan?

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A proposal working its way through Congress would require colleges to pay a penalty based on students’ outstanding loans.
Assessing What Reconciliation Means for Higher Ed

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. House Republicans have introduced plans that would greatly increase the cost of attending college for many students, experts say. Alex Wong/Getty Images All the pieces of House Republicans’ plan to cut trillions in federal spending are now public, and if the package becomes law, colleges and universities could face crippling repercussions, higher education experts say.
50-Plus Groups Protest Trump's Attack on Higher Ed

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Dozens of higher education associations publicly called on President Donald Trump to restore the “historic compact” between American universities and the federal government—the latest sign of growing public opposition to the GOP’s attack on higher ed.
McMahon Accuses Sen. Warren of “Fearmongering”

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren tried to hold Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s feet to the fire on social media last week by inviting the secretary “to defend her actions to destroy public education” at an upcoming forum.
Endowment Taxes Could Climb to 21 Percent Under New Bill

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The House Ways and Means Committee is considering a bill that would increase excise taxes on college endowments, a move higher ed lobbyists say could deter alumni from making donations.
Trump Nominates Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Ed

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. David Barker, a member of the Iowa Board of Regents, was nominated by President Donald Trump on Friday to be the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. If confirmed, Baker would work under nominated undersecretary Nicholas Kent, and oversee higher ed programs and policy.
Fulbright-Hays Grants Canceled for the Year

4 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Twelve Fulbright-Hays fellowship programs have supported international research since 1961, but now three of them have been canceled. Synthetic-Exposition/iStock/Getty Images The Department of Education canceled this year’s competition for three Fulbright-Hays fellowship programs, adding to the growing list of higher education grants that have been eliminated since President Donald Trump took office in January.
Judge Orders ICE to Transfer Tufts Student to Vermont

1 month ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Tufts Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was detained by ICE agents in March, will be transferred to a different detention center under the order of a federal appeals court, The Boston Globe reported. Öztürk will be moved from Louisiana to Vermont, where she has been since she was first arrested.
Experts Unpack Linda McMahon’s Latest Letter to Harvard

1 month ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

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Education Dept. Tells Colleges to Help Struggling Borrowers

1 month ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. McMahon says she wants to fix the “broken higher education finance system” as collections resume on defaulted loans. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The Department of Education reminded colleges and universities Monday of their role in ensuring student loan borrowers repay their debt—and that they’ll be on the hook if a large percentage of their former students default on their debts.