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Northwestern, Columbia, Brown, Cornell and Penn have each struck settlement agreements with the Trump administration to unfreeze federal research funds and end federal investigations, trading...

The Biden‑era Department of Education has been substantially reorganized under Secretary Linda McMahon, prompting lawsuits and bipartisan outcry as core programs and staff are shifted to other...

George Mason University’s faculty senate voted to press campus leadership and trustees to reject any settlement with the Trump administration that would subject the university to prolonged federal...

Yale University announced it is preparing for workforce reductions and austerity measures as it braces for roughly $300 million in annual endowment taxes beginning in 2026. Senior university...

Three major credit‑rating agencies—Fitch, S&P Global and Moody’s—issued negative sector outlooks for U.S. higher education for 2026, citing declining enrollment, reduced federal support, new...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a new wave of unrestricted gifts totaling more than $155 million to public, access‑oriented and minority‑serving colleges, including $50 million each to...

New NIH requirements to make funded research immediately accessible to the public have prompted complaints about financial strain and publishing disruption. Scientists say the policy’s accelerated...

The Education Department’s decision to transfer oversight of tribal college funding and programs to the Department of the Interior has raised alarm among tribal college leaders, who say the move...

A new EAB survey of over 8,000 current and prospective graduate and adult learners found cost of attendance now tops program selection criteria, with 60% of prospective students saying they would...

Several colleges and universities announced presidential appointments across public and private institutions ahead of 2026 academic cycles. Notable transitions include David Cook named president...

George Mason University’s faculty senate voted this week to oppose any settlement with the Trump administration that would subject the public research university to continuing federal supervision....

Yale University announced that an increase in the federal endowment tax will force the institution to cut costs, delay hiring and consider layoffs across units — a response to an expected roughly...

New research and reporting show graduate enrollment is increasingly constrained by cost and federal policy. A large EAB survey found cost of attendance is now the primary filter for prospective...

The Department of Education’s work to define which programs qualify as “professional degrees” for higher federal graduate-loan limits has put education programs — including many K–12 teacher...

Tribal college leaders warned federal plans to move management of tribal-college funds from the Education Department to the Interior Department will cause disruption for institutions that rely on...

Regulatory scrutiny of accreditation and university governance intensified this week on two continents. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission told the Texas Supreme Court that the American Bar...

Scholarly and scholarship organizations are under escalating partisan pressure. A Purdue history professor publicly declined the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize in protest of the...

FAFSA completions for the Class of 2026 rose sharply after the simplified form opened earlier than required and eliminated friction such as separate FAFSA ID creation, prompting advocates to call...

Colleges and faculty are pushing new classroom practices to manage polarized discussion and prepare students for civic life. Panels and practitioners are promoting deliberative dialogue frameworks...

S&P Global issued a negative outlook for U.S. nonprofit colleges for 2026, citing weaker operating margins, enrollment competition, federal policy shifts and rising costs. Analysts warned small,...