Latest Higher Education News

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...

EdReports released its first-ever set of pre-K curriculum evaluations, adding independent review capacity to a state-sponsored preschool landscape that is expanding quickly. The evaluations score...

A federal court blocked the U.S. Education Department from enforcing a new college data survey for an additional set of institutions as a lawsuit over the rule proceeds. On Friday, U.S. District...

The White House terminated every member of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation, leaving NSF without a board, director, or deputy director, according to reporting. The action...

East Carolina University announced plans to discontinue 44 undergraduate and graduate programs after an internal portfolio review found they were “not meeting expectations.” The public university...

Texas public universities are restricting what faculty can teach and what graduate students can research, pushing faculty governance and academic freedom concerns into the open. The issue is now...

A pause on some OPT applications has left certain students stuck for months as spring ends and graduation approaches. The reporting ties the delay to policies affecting students from countries on...

The U.S. Education Department launched a new FAFSA fraud prevention tool designed to reduce improper aid activity and ease some administrative burdens for institutions and students. Financial aid...

A new push is positioning academic libraries as a strategic lever in higher education’s affordability crisis. The argument centers on shifting beyond “access vs. ownership” debates and toward...

A new analysis argues that higher education’s retention challenge persists because institutions still treat retention as a set of disconnected departmental efforts rather than a coordinated...

A new study from Digital Promise examined how “text-to-speech” affects performance on a National Assessment of Educational Progress geometry problem, finding a nuanced mix of accessibility...