The Department of Education hosted a public hearing Thursday about regulations needed to implement a higher education overhaul. Education Images/Getty Images

The Education Department’s yearlong effort to roll out the sweeping higher ed changes signed into law last month kicked off Thursday with a four-hour hearing that highlighted the many tweaks college administrators and others want to see.

The law, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, capped federal student loans , created new loan-repayment plans, extended the Pell Grant to include short-term workforce programs and instituted a new measure to hold institutions accountable . Now, the department is planning to propose and issue new regulations that spell out how those various changes will work.

On nearly all fronts, col

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