Latest Higher Education News

More universities and accreditors are approving reduced-credit, three-year bachelor’s degrees as institutions look for ways to offset enrollment declines and rising student cost sensitivity. The...

The Association of Governing Boards released guidance urging boards to treat campus real estate as a strategic asset rather than a passive balance-sheet holding. The report highlights deferred...

A Sen. Bernie Sanders report says the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights resolved only 1% of pending cases in 2025—its lowest rate in over a decade—without reaching any...

Kentucky State University students, alumni, and prospective students filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a state-mandated overhaul that would transform the historically Black institution into...

A new analysis in a higher education policy context warns that cuts to federal TRIO programs could sharply reduce access support for rural students who often face limited local resources. The...

A widespread Canvas outage reinforced faculty concerns about institutional dependence on private learning technology vendors, with many observers expecting procurement changes more than...

NYU faced renewed campus antisemitism scrutiny after a graduation-week protest incident involving an emblem displayed on a university building, with police identifying the flag and treating it as...

AI chatbots are increasingly being used for emotional support, but new research shared with Fortune finds today’s major models still struggle with the clinical-level nuance needed for safe...

Instructure’s Canvas platform faced another major cybersecurity disruption tied to ShinyHunters, with the company reporting it reached a deal to delete data stolen during the attack. Instructure...

A new APLU report finds public and land-grant universities have moved from disconnected student-success programming toward coordinated, data-driven strategies. The report highlights how campuses...

Colleges and states are accelerating adoption of reduced-credit, three-year bachelor’s degree pathways as enrollment pressure pushes institutions to respond to students’ time-and-cost concerns....

A Senate-related report says the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights resolved only 1% of pending cases in 2025—the lowest resolution rate in more than a decade. The report,...

A minor change to the Office of Federal Student Aid branding on studentaid.gov sparked questions about a larger policy move: the Trump administration’s plan to transfer substantial portions of FSA...

University of Central Florida students booed a commencement speaker after AI remarks, signaling sharply divided student sentiment around the role and messaging of AI in higher education. The event...

A new report frames higher education’s budget crunch as a point where institutions may need pre-emptive consolidation rather than waiting for failures. The piece argues that colleges facing...

CHEA’s Board of Directors accepted the Committee on Recognition’s recommendation to grant recognition to the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA). The story notes that KAA accredits 22 institutions...

New education scorecard analysis describes a “reading recession,” reporting that only five states plus the District of Columbia showed meaningful growth in reading test scores from 2022 to 2025....

Instructure said it reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor behind the Canvas cyberattack, after the breach disrupted instruction for colleges and K-12 districts during finals. The...

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) announced that its Board accepted the Committee on Recognition’s recommendation to grant recognition to the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA),...

North Carolina State University announced that its commencement speaker, Anil Kochhar, will cover final-year education loans for graduates of the Wilson College of Textiles who borrowed during the...