"Brown says it is “carefully reviewing” new Department of Education guidance banning the use of federal work-study aid to pay students who help register voters on campus. The guidance could spark fresh uncertainty over Brown’s get-out-the-vote efforts to increase turnout ahead of the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election," The Brown Daily Herald reports.

... "The Higher Education Act of 1965 requires institutions to take steps to promote student voter registration, and dipping into federal work-study aid was one way colleges have funded these initiatives, said Jill Desjean, the director of policy analysis at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators."

"On College Hill, Brown Votes — a student-led civic engagement initiative housed within the Swearer Center for Public Service — typically employs work-study eligible students to support voter registration efforts ahead of presidential elections, according to Rosie Shultz ’27, a member of Brown Votes’s civic engagement team."

"But now, under the new guidance, schools may need to fund these initiatives’ employees with non-work study funds, Desjean said."

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Publication Date: 9/11/2025