Latest Higher Education News

The U.S. Department of Education plans to rewrite eligibility rules for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program to remove race‑based criteria, a move that ends a lawsuit from...

The Department of Education issued guidance warning hundreds of institutions to address high student‑loan delinquency and default rates or risk losing access to federal aid programs. The agency...

Bard College opened a review into President Leon Botstein’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein after new Justice Department documents showed closer contact than previously disclosed. The inquiry follows a...

Higher‑education commentators and researchers argue the immediate threat of generative AI is less about student cheating and more about erosion of core learning and assessment norms. Universities...

Private‑college presidents saw outsized compensation gains in 2023, driven largely by a spike in leadership transitions that year. Pay packages — including base salary, bonuses and benefits — rose...

Pressure from federal lawmakers and new immigration enforcement has chilled some U.S. campuses’ admission practices toward students from China, with reports that Purdue rescinded offers after...

Landmark trials in Los Angeles and elsewhere are forcing tech founders and platform executives to defend design choices alleged to have harmed young users’ mental health. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

Ahead of the AGB National Conference on Trusteeship, governing‑board resources and webinars are pushing trustees to combine stewardship with a stronger focus on student success. New sessions...

Bard College launched an internal review after Justice Department documents linked President Leon Botstein to fundraising contacts with Jeffrey Epstein. The board ordered an examination of...

The U.S. Department of Education withdrew its appeal of a federal judge’s injunction that blocked the administration’s attempt to cancel grants and seek roughly $1.2 billion from the University of...

The Education Department plans to remove race‑based eligibility from the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, resolving a legal challenge that threatened the program’s future....

Nicholas Kent, the Education Department’s under secretary, outlined plans to remake the U.S. accreditation system—calling for greater accountability for student outcomes, streamlined approval for...

The University of Texas System’s board of regents unanimously adopted a policy restricting faculty instruction on “controversial” or “contested” subjects and requiring syllabi disclosures of...

The Department of Education issued guidance reminding institutions to monitor student‑loan repayment and default rates, warning that schools with persistently poor outcomes could face loss of...

Purdue University denied an official ban on Chinese students after reports that dozens of offers had been rescinded following warnings from legislators; students and faculty, however, said an...

Educators and researchers warn that AI adoption in higher education threatens far more than academic integrity: it risks hollowing out learning if institutions preserve assessments and pedagogy...

Labouré College of Healthcare announced it will cease academic operations on Aug. 31 and transfer nursing programs to nearby Curry College after persistent enrollment and financial shortfalls. The...

Speakers at the AGB National Conference on Trusteeship urged governing boards to manage immediate fiscal pressures while investing for a 2045 horizon, framing trustees’ work as simultaneously...

The Department of Justice and the Education Department withdrew an appeal of a federal judge’s injunction that blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze research grants and demand up to...

The U.S. Department of Education issued formal guidance warning hundreds of institutions that low student loan repayment rates could jeopardize access to federal aid. The guidance told...