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We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a record-high persistence rate to the latest federal lawsuit over in-state tuition for undocumented students.
Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from civil rights groups slamming a regulatory change to a ruling against the administration’s approach to grant cuts.
In court documents, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and others shared which words they used to target grants.
Agency staff recommended ending federal recognition for the American Bar Association’s accreditation arm, ramping up attacks on the organization.
The move would give the agency broad authority to end grants, including “for convenience,” after such approaches have led to legal disputes.
Colleges and universities need a recurring leadership discipline that aligns assumptions, clarifies investment choices and helps leaders act decisively as things change.
A rise in first-time bar passage wasn’t driven by a quick fix. It came from changing expectations.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from plans to propose a change to the H-1B program to the planned sale of Anna Maria College’s nursing program.
The number of first-time international applicants on the popular application platform declined 10% in the 2025-26 cycle, a new report found.
The flagship plans to adjust contracts and restrict hiring as it grapples with rising costs, declines in federal research funding and other challenges.
The unanimous decision came late Monday after the chair of the state university system board delayed a vote that could install Bell permanently.
From screen scoring to cybersecurity, Strayer University rewrites the rules of higher education.
The Trump administration launched a public dashboard to track Section 117 reporting, but policy experts worry it lacks necessary context.
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the latest moves from the U.S. Department of Education to cuts at major public universities.
The ruling scores a win for a group of 21 attorneys general and three governors that sued over the Trump administration’s approach to grant terminations.
Some colleges have cut deals, while others have fought back against federal officials. Both come with risks, legal experts say.
Former university presidents Michael Nietzel and Charles Ambrose discuss faculty votes against college leaders and what to do in the face of one.
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Republican efforts to downsize the U.S. Department of Education to Nebraska and Texas universities’ funding cuts.
Few details are known without the rule’s text, which has yet to be published in the Federal Register, but the change may pose difficulties for employers.
The move comes after the board shared concerns with President Torey Alston, including over students’ low passage rates on nursing licensure exams.
New research reveals how student expectations are shifting and how institutions can keep pace.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from senators raising alarm about student visa appointment availability to a higher education antitrust case proceeding.
“There are limits to what can be achieved through continued reductions,” the system’s president said as ever-deepening austerity measures loom.
Supporters say the Republican-led proposals would help “right-size” the U.S. Department of Education, while opponents predict inefficiencies.
The landmark decision has big implications for transgender students — and the Title IX and litigation landscape for colleges.
Students just above admissions cutoffs could see lower earnings after moving colleges than those who were rejected, a working paper found.
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Moody’s gloomier outlook for Brown University to workforce cuts at multiple institutions.
Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.
Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
After wide-ranging academic cuts, the public institution’s leaders worked with faculty to make some previously doomed programs more efficient and viable.
The college transformed in the 1970s into an ecologically minded liberal arts institution. Now former faculty want to sustain that ethos in a smaller version.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from two states teaming up to create three-year bachelor’s degrees to policy and leadership developments out of Florida.
Christina Paxson has led Brown through tumultuous moments, including the coronavirus pandemic and federal funding freezes and disruptions.
Her "Call to Action" repeats many themes from the 2025 proposed higher ed compact, such as viewpoint diversity and campus protest rules.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a look at the keywords used to target grants to a group of higher education bills advancing in the Senate.
The state grants will cover up to 45% of the cost for large-scale projects, such as implementing energy efficiency measures.
Similar proposals have kicked around for years in Congress, but they’ve yet to become law despite sharpened public scrutiny of the practice.
Similar proposals have kicked around for years in Congress, but they’ve yet to become law despite sharpened public scrutiny of the practice.
Under the initiative, companies will provide funding so students can conduct dissertation research at their sites for at least a year.
Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington are among 21 states that have faced lawsuits from the Trump administration over such policies.
Greg Abbott directed the state’s higher education board to convene a working group to provide recommendations on accelerated programs by year’s end.
"As our federal research portfolio shrinks, the infrastructure around it must change in parallel,” a spokesperson for the private university said.
The politically created academic centers have drawn fierce criticism from faculty, who say they expand state intrusion into higher education.
Civil rights advocates say students of color will be harmed by the removal of the tool used to investigate racial discrimination.
The Ivy League institution had fought the demand in court, citing workers’ privacy and the extensive information it had already turned over to the agency.
Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ conference.
The Texas institution cut about 100 classes, including in women’s and LGBT studies, to comply with a state law mandating general education reviews.
The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.