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The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.
Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency.
The independent office says a 40% staff reduction in early 2025 affected the Education Department's legal duties. The agency says it remains compliant.
Ahead of her two-year anniversary in the role, President Lisa Marsh Ryerson discusses taking the helm of a massive institution from a decades-long leader.
The former University of Alabama leader faced a delayed system-level vote and right-wing pushback over his past support for diversity efforts.
Under Secretary Nicholas Kent said Tuesday that the agency needs to make the process for college mergers, acquisitions and even closures “a lot easier.”
The move comes as more colleges are going back to requiring standardized tests for admissions.
Colleges and K-12 schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on "biological sex," the court ruled.
The three largest skill gaps in the younger workforce represent “the very skills most essential to humans in the AI era,” per a report from Cangrade.
The public university praised Gregory Washington, who came under fire last year from the federal government over his support for diversity initiatives.
The center's complaint alleges the teachers union didn’t specify Jews as the primary victims of the Holocaust, among other things.
A panel of three federal judges rejected Florida’s argument that the system unconstitutionally delegates “unchecked authority” to private agencies.
Tuesday’s ruling called the state’s attempt to limit classroom discussion "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse."
June brought leadership turnover to several colleges and turmoil to New Mexico Highlands University following the contentious firing of its president.
The credit ratings agency primarily cited the Ivy League institution’s “already thin operating performance” that could continue for several years.
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The agency released widely contested regulations this spring to block access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.
The agency released widely contested regulations this spring that blocked access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.
The state’s public university system board on Thursday advanced the proposal, which has garnered support from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.
The state higher ed board’s policy protects broadly teaching about racism and civil rights history under a new state law restricting college instruction.
The agency now has 14 partnerships it says reduce federal bureaucracy. But critics argue they add confusion as federal oversight is splintered.
A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget are withholding the funds unlawfully.
One analysis estimates that the policy could cost the 28-institution system $15 million a year in lost tuition and fee revenue.
The designation comes with an increased federal student loan cap of $200,000 for graduate programs.
While some say such degrees could increase college affordability, two groups blasted them as “stripped-down curriculum that prioritizes speed.”
The new law took effect immediately and came after legislators overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
The two federal agencies are offering eligible institutions up to $30 million for property improvements — but the money requires a one-to-one match.
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.
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 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.
"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.