About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges students face in voting due to new legal pressures and recent policy developments in higher education.

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 to explain where the legal lines are and where uncertainty is creating risk. But first, the hosts discuss the recent higher education policy developments from the past few weeks, from the Trump administration's FY 2027 budget proposal to the Education Department's draft rule on accreditation.

People in this episode

Guest: Peter McDonough

Topics covered

• student voting
• higher education policy
• legal guidance
• federal regulations
• state-level changes

Keywords

• student voting
• higher education
• legal guidance
• federal regulations
• state changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Council on Education, Trump administration, Education Department

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