Latest Higher Education News

A federal court blocked the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing a new, expanded race-and-sex data survey deadline for members of multiple higher-ed associations and private nonprofit...

The White House terminated all members of the National Science Board, leaving the agency without a board, director, or deputy director. The change, reported by Nature and confirmed via...

Deferred maintenance across higher education has reached a record high, with average facilities backlog rising to $156 per gross square foot—nearly double the $80 level reported in 2007—according...

The White House is escalating pressure around a major federal landmark lawsuit involving the planned White House ballroom after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The Department...

East Carolina University announced plans to discontinue 44 undergraduate and graduate programs after an internal portfolio review. ECU leaders said the cuts target offerings “that aren’t meeting...

A new research snapshot highlights how colleges still struggle with retention even as institutions add awareness and student success tooling. The article points to structural fragmentation across...

A Digital Promise study evaluated how the text-to-speech feature affects performance on standardized testing and found a nuanced pattern. Researchers analyzed 8th grade test use on a National...

Stanford Graduate School of Business leads a cross-school analysis of AI course offerings among top MBA programs, with 30 identified AI-related courses—nearly double the count at the second-ranked...

University of Wisconsin–Madison secured $100 million in private gift commitments for a new College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, scheduled to launch July 1, 2026. The private funding...

Harvard graduate student workers have gone on strike, signaling intensified labor tension at the university level. While details in the provided report focus on the strike event itself, the action...

A federal judge blocked the Education Department from enforcing deadlines for a new race- and sex-disaggregated student-data survey against six higher education associations and private nonprofit...

The White House terminated all members of the National Science Board, leaving the National Science Foundation without a board, director, or deputy director after the previous leadership structure...

Harvard graduate student workers moved toward work stoppage in a dispute that adds to the pressure on campus labor relations as universities face increasing scrutiny over cost-cutting, working...

NECHE’s head, Larry Schall, said the closures of New England member institutions are “tragic” but argued that existential concerns about small-college survival are being overstated. In the...

East Carolina University announced plans to discontinue 44 undergraduate and graduate programs after an internal portfolio review, part of a broader effort to eliminate $25 million in expenses...

The Education Department launched a new FAFSA fraud prevention tool aimed at reducing fraud-related errors and administrative burden for colleges and districts. Financial aid experts involved in...

A pause on some OPT applications has left international students in the U.S. in limbo for months as they wait to determine whether they can start or continue authorized employment after...

Texas politicians are restricting what faculty can teach and what graduate students can research, raising pressure points for academic freedom and accreditation expectations. The reporting...

A Supreme Court case over whether “geofence” warrants violate the Fourth Amendment is headed toward a ruling that could reshape how location data is used in investigations, including how...

New research shows AI writing-feedback systems can steer students differently based on demographic descriptors, raising concerns about bias in classroom tooling. Researchers at Stanford...