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A new round of student loan forgiveness that covers $39 billion for 804,000 students began July 14, adding to the Biden-Harris administration discharging over $116.6 billion for 3.4 million students, according to a July 14 press release by the U.S. Department of Education.

The US Department of Education, or ED, has released a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, establishing a violation of Title IX should an educational institution place a categorical ban on transgender students participating in athletics aligned with their gender identity.

To be a Hispanic-serving institution, or HSI, at least 25% of a not-for-profit institution’s full-time undergraduates must be Hispanic. Today, 21 of the 23 CSU campuses and six of the nine UC campuses with undergraduate education are HSIs. UC Berkeley, currently, is not.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Monday the creation of an online portal that will allow higher education institutions to more easily report foreign gifts and contracts valued at more than $250,000.

The U.S. Department of Education released a series of new guidelines for handling Title IX cases Wednesday, including a requirement to hold live hearings and allow cross-examination — a decision that UC administration said it opposes.

An appellate court ruling in a lawsuit involving alleged incidents of sexual misconduct at Michigan State University clarifies the Title IX responsibilities of colleges and universities following incidents of sexual misconduct.

Oscar Dubón, the UC Berkeley vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, is chairing a task force this semester in an effort to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, in the next decade.

The university must hold the values of fairness and humanity equally close as we confront these issues. In this challenging time, our commitment to this work and to the UC community is steadfast and as strong as ever.