Latest Higher Education News

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge granted summary judgment to Harvard University, dismissing former Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman’s lawsuit alleging the university breached...

A Trellis Strategies survey of more than 43,000 undergraduates found 57% of students report feeling "sometimes" or "always" lonely, with loneliness strongly correlated with anxiety and depression....

Higher education leaders are intensifying efforts to re‑enroll the roughly 43 million Americans who have some college credit but no credential. Institutions are rolling out scalable re‑enrollment...

New AI tools that autonomously complete coursework inside learning management systems have surfaced on campuses, prompting urgent conversations about academic integrity and assessment design. A...

Two striking developments in Texas higher education show trustees and system leaders are reshaping academic offerings and classroom governance. UT San Antonio announced it will fold its Race and...

Utah lawmakers unanimously released $8.8 million in funding to Utah State University following a legislative audit that raised concerns about governance, spending controls and board oversight...

The Manhattan Institute released model legislation that would shift authority over foundational general‑education curriculum from faculty bodies to politically appointed governing boards,...

The Department of Education issued guidance urging colleges to adopt best practices to reduce student‑loan default rates and warned institutions that failing to address defaults could jeopardize...

The U.S. Department of Education announced new partnerships that transfer responsibility for several federal programs to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services, marking a...

The Department of Education issued guidance urging colleges to reduce student‑loan default rates and warned that failing schools risk losing access to federal student aid as upcoming federal...

A fresh release of Justice Department documents tying Jeffrey Epstein to university funders and officials prompted Bard College to open a formal investigation into conductor and former board...

A Trellis Strategies survey of 43,519 undergraduates found 57% of students report being sometimes or always lonely; lonely students were up to four times more likely to show signs of anxiety or...

The Manhattan Institute released model legislation urging states to transfer authority over general‑education requirements from faculty to governing boards, a proposal that would limit faculty...

Education leaders and vendors describe an 'AI‑ready' classroom not as a hardware overhaul but as pedagogy redesigned to use AI as a co‑teacher and instructional aide. Micah Shippee of Samsung...

Vendors and researchers are advancing student‑centered AI that captures unsupervised study interactions to surface comprehension gaps—approaches vendors say produce actionable, real‑time insights...

College leaders are rethinking traditional strategic‑planning documents and instead pursuing shorter, implementation‑focused playbooks. A Higher Education Today briefing argued that multi‑year,...

The University of Texas at San Antonio announced the closure of its Race and Gender Studies department, a move reported in local and higher‑education coverage. Administrators cite curricular...

Drexel University installed Antonio Merlo as its 16th president, positioning the economist and former dean as the leader of an ongoing academic transformation focused on core competencies, co‑op...

The Department of Education issued fresh guidance this week urging colleges to adopt ‘‘best practices’’ to lower student-loan default rates ahead of major federal changes scheduled for summer. The...

Health-care associations have formed a coalition to oppose newly proposed federal loan caps that would limit support for some clinician training programs, mobilizing professional societies and...