News May 20, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Education Department to Protect Religious Higher Education in STATS Rule
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
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PUBLIC COMMENT: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STAT) and Earnings Accountability NPRM
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
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2025 Annual Report
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, Foreign Influence in Higher Education, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection, Title VI and Equal Protection
News May 13, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI-Led Coalition Commends Secretary McMahon’s RISE Rule for Lowering College Costs and Reining in Student Debt
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News Apr 22, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” The U.S. Department of Education is Shrinking – and Moving!
Federal Oversight, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education
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REPORT: Intersectionality: The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology and How to Stop it
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title VI and Equal Protection
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PUBLIC COMMENT: Workforce Pell Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News Mar 25, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” “Get In, Loser. We’re Unionizing the Researchers.”
Post Secondary Education, Teacher Unions
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PUBLIC COMMENT: Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE NPRM)
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News Feb 17, 2026
Washington Post | Op-Ed: A ‘Revolution’ is Coming for College Accreditation
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
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PUBLIC COMMENT: Updates to the Accreditation Handbook
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
News Jan 21, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Melissa Batie Smoose and Vernadette Broyles on Courage, Consequences, & the Future of Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Nov 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel Appointed to National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
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AMICUS BRIEF: Everglades College, Inc. v. Linda McMahon, U.S. Secretary of Education
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News Nov 12, 2025
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Is AI yet another seductive and “innovative” edu-fad that will harm students?
K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education
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VIDEO: Highlights from DFI’s 2025 Education Law & Policy Conference
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, Foreign Influence in Higher Education, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection
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RESPECT Title IX Act Summary
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: On Fifth Anniversary of DeVos Rule, DFI Releases Its Model Title IX Law, the ‘RESPECT Title IX Act’
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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MODEL LAW: RESPECT Title IX Act (Annotated Version)
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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MODEL LAW: RESPECT Title IX Act
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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PUBLIC COMMENT: U.S. Department of Education’s Intent to Receive Public Feedback for the Development of Propsed Regulations and Establish a Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News May 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Department of Education’s Action to Reform Broken Accreditation System
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education
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PUBLIC COMMENT: U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2026–2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®)
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
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AMICUS BRIEF: State of Florida v. U.S Secretary of Education (11th Circuit Court of Appeals)
Accreditation, Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education

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