The U.S. Department of Education is introducing new avenues to monitor higher education institutions' financial health.

The department's college comparison tool has a refreshed user interface and new data for web developers to download.

The Education Department's expanded definition of "third-party servicers" and new reporting requirements should be put on ice, 2U's lawyers argue.

More than half of institutions polled were unaware of the U.S. Department of Education's new "third-party servicers" guidance.

The Education Department agreed to extend the commenting period for new vendor-reporting requirements, but some are still concerned.

The Education Department awarded General Dynamics Information Technology $121.8 million to overhaul its financial aid system.

University of Phoenix President George Burnett, who was hired in February, stepped down after an Education Department inquiry.

The Department of Education is responsible for making sure institutions and online program managers are complying with federal laws on student recruitment, the Government Accountability Office found.

The department released plans to create a dashboard showing measures of educational equity, including academic supports and early childhood education.

Instead of requiring Pell Grant students to prove their status, data sharing would enable automatic verification through the National Verifier, similar to other government programs.