Latest Higher Education News

An IMD MBA graduate launched a sustainability startup after completing the school’s intensive one‑year program, illustrating a pathway from short‑format European MBAs to entrepreneurship. The...

Scholarly peer review is under strain as submission volumes and expectations accelerate beyond the system’s capacity. Academic commentators and editors warn that journals and reviewers are...

Universities are re‑examining fundraising oversight after reporting on Jeffrey Epstein revealed widespread ties between the late financier and campus programs. Schools including Yale, Columbia and...

A sectorwide review shows private‑college presidential compensation rose sharply in 2023, driven in part by an expensive wave of leadership transitions. Trustees facing turbulent enrollments and...

Colleges are seeing large increases in students seeking disability accommodations, with top institutions reporting double‑digit shares of undergraduates registered. The trend reflects rising...

The UK government signaled a major reform of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support in a Schools White Paper that includes a pledge to halve the attainment gap for disadvantaged...

Florida’s Board of Education has directed a state‑level sociology curriculum for public colleges, marking a new front in state control over course content. Officials indicated sociology may be the...

The Association of Governing Boards’ upcoming National Conference on Trusteeship framed governance as dual work: protect institutional legacy while investing in future models of learning. AGB...

The U.S. Department of Education issued formal guidance this week warning hundreds of institutions with low federal student-loan repayment rates that they must tighten oversight or risk losing...

Labouré College of Healthcare announced it will cease academic operations on Aug. 31 and transfer its nursing programs to nearby Curry College, the institutions said. Labouré cited persistent...

A wave of executive moves and planned retirements is reshaping governance at small and regional colleges. Frostburg State University named Shadow JQ Robinson as its next president, effective July,...

Scholars and academic leaders warn that the main disruption from generative AI in higher education goes beyond academic misconduct: AI risks eroding the core learning process, the Conversation...

Elite campuses report a sharp rise in formal disability accommodations: Stanford registered roughly 40% of undergraduates as receiving accommodations, The Atlantic and other outlets reported, with...

Interim Dean Santanu Chatterjee at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business called academic honesty the “elephant in the room” as students bring generative AI into coursework,...

Florida’s Department of Education issued a sociology curriculum framework to state colleges as part of a broader push to standardize course content, Emma Whitford reported. Officials say the...

Universities including Yale, Columbia and UCLA are auditing faculty ties and donor relationships after revelations in the Epstein files prompted staffing changes, conference cancellations and...

Purdue University stands accused by students and faculty of effectively rescinding admission offers for applicants from China and other nations after receiving warnings from U.S. legislators; the...

ESSEC Business School inaugurated a new Mumbai hub this week, signaling a strategic expansion into India to boost student recruitment, corporate partnerships and alumni engagement. French...

The U.S. Department of Education and the White House legal team quietly withdrew an appeal of a federal judge’s injunction that had blocked the administration’s attempt to cancel hundreds of...

The U.S. Department of Education issued formal guidance reminding hundreds of institutions to lower student-loan delinquency and default rates or face potential loss of federal student-aid...