Latest Higher Education News

The Education Department announced a phased transfer of its roughly $1.7 trillion federal student‑loan portfolio to the U.S. Treasury, beginning with operational responsibility for defaulted...

Colleges and K‑12 districts opened rapid reviews of buildings, programs and holidays bearing César Chávez’s name after a New York Times investigation alleged sexual abuse by the labor leader....

Hundreds of colleges and thousands of faculty and staff submitted formal comments urging the Education Department to soften its interpretation of a law that will curtail Grad PLUS federal loans...

More than 60 higher education organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders warning of a multi‑billion dollar shortfall in the Pell Grant program for fiscal 2026 and subsequent years. The...

The Education Department’s top higher education official sent formal warnings to two accreditors, directing them to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion standards the department says could...

Federal and congressional scrutiny of campus antisemitism intensified as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission circulated a questionnaire to Cornell employees about potential civil‑rights...

A Booth MBA student argued that business schools should stop treating AI as an elective and instead redesign core curricula to be AI‑native, embedding tools like ChatGPT, Claude and...

Campus IT leaders are increasingly adopting formal AI risk frameworks as institutions accelerate adoption of generative models and agentic systems. Chief information officers warned that while AI...

A gubernatorial candidate’s comment that Ohio may have 'too many' public universities reignited national debate about excess campus capacity, closures and consolidation — even as transfer...

Small and private colleges are moving to staff reductions and program reviews to close mounting budget gaps. The University of Providence declared financial exigency and is weighing program...

The Treasury Department will take operational control of roughly $180 billion in defaulted federal student loans after an interagency agreement announced this week. The Education Department — long...

Under Secretary Nicholas Kent has sent formal letters warning two accrediting agencies to rescind diversity, equity and inclusion standards the department contends violate federal civil‑rights...

Federal scrutiny of campus antisemitism intensified this week as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission circulated a detailed questionnaire to Cornell employees and House Republicans released...

The Department of Education announced plans to simplify and speed merger pathways for financially distressed colleges as closures and consolidations rise. Officials said current rules create...

Campuses are updating emergency plans and legal supports after recent ICE activity and publicized student detentions. Higher‑education lawyers urged institutions to prepare contingencies now —...

Higher‑education IT leaders are rolling out AI‑risk frameworks to inventory where models run, what student and institutional data they access, and how to govern deployments across campus. The move...

U.S. colleges continued to feel shock from a steep drop in international applicants and new enrollments; recent data showed a 17% decline in overseas students that many institutions cite as an...

Two institutions this week outlined major personnel moves aimed at closing structural deficits. The University of Providence said it may cut programs and employees after a long‑running subsidy...

Institutional researchers are scrambling as a federal push for expanded admissions and student‑outcome data ramps up, creating heavy compliance burdens for colleges. Requests for granular...

The Higher Learning Commission endorsed the first microcredential providers, marking a formal step toward accrediting short, stackable credentials that colleges and employers increasingly use for...