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Accreditation is moving to the center of federal higher‑education policy. The U.S. Department of Education has launched negotiated rulemaking aimed at simplifying accreditor recognition,...

Universities are taking personnel actions after documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced. Several faculty members who had contact with Epstein have been stripped of titles or teaching duties,...

Ohio State University placed an assistant professor on administrative leave after a video showed him physically intervening when a documentarian tried to question former president E. Gordon Gee....

Governors and provincial governments are redefining cost and credential pathways. Ontario announced it will lift a multi‑year tuition freeze at public universities, permitting tuition increases...

Employers are escalating pressure on higher education to deliver graduates with hands‑on AI skills, while faculty move away from strict classroom bans. A multinational employer survey from...

Two developments intensified oversight questions about research funding. The National Science Foundation returned some fellowship applications with limited explanation, a move that has frustrated...

National governance groups and state legislatures are clashing over shared governance and campus policies. The Association of Governing Boards urged the Virginia legislature to clarify board roles...

Federal data and watchdog reports show rising distress among student borrowers. The New York Fed and other federal datasets indicate nearly one million borrowers entered default late last year,...

A national medical accreditor is considering revisions that would scale back explicit requirements for teaching health inequities in medical school curricula. Inside Higher Ed reports the...

The NACUBO‑Commonfund study shows new gifts to college endowments fell 9.2% in fiscal 2025 to about $14 billion while institutions collectively withdrew $33.4 billion—an 11% rise in endowment...

Two small private colleges announced closures this week after multi‑year financial struggles. Providence Christian College said it will wind down at the end of the academic year, citing...

The U.S. Department of Education published a new dataset showing universities reported more than $5 billion in reportable foreign gifts and contracts in 2025 as part of a push for transparency on...

Federal data show nearly a million borrowers slipped into default late last year and overall student‑loan delinquencies worsened through 2025, the New York Fed reports. At the same time, Education...

New federal enrollment data analyzed by Hechinger and other outlets show complex outcomes after the Supreme Court’s 2023 end to race‑conscious admissions: many highly selective institutions...

Reporting highlights two pressures as campus life meets generative AI: private AI companies are aggressively marketing tools that facilitate cheating and academic shortcuts, while schools and...

Ross Mugler, president and CEO of the Association of Governing Boards (AGB), testified before the Virginia General Assembly urging clearer separation of roles between trustees, presidents and...

Ohio State University placed an assistant professor on administrative leave after video showed him tackling a documentarian who sought to question former president E. Gordon Gee on campus. The...

The Law School Admission Council will end remote delivery of the LSAT, citing widespread cheating concerns that prompted a return to in‑person exams. The change follows a string of integrity...

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a formal rulemaking push while medical and regional accreditors debate how explicit equity and health‑inequities training should be in professional...

The U.S. Department of Education published 2025 disclosures showing colleges accepted more than $5 billion in reportable foreign gifts and contracts, prompting fresh scrutiny of campus...