Latest Higher Education News

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows a decade-high level of new undergraduate enrollments concentrated in community colleges and certificate programs. Overall undergraduate...

The Department of Education and federal stakeholders reached consensus on a new earnings-based metric that could strip postsecondary programs of Federal Direct Loan eligibility. Under the proposed...

The Education Department will detail higher‑education program staff to the Labor Department so Labor can administer several postsecondary grant programs. The interagency agreement transfers...

Hampshire College’s latest audit warns the small liberal‑arts institution faces repeated covenant breaches and a possible closure if it cannot refinance short‑term debt. Auditors noted the college...

Portland State University has agreed to reinstate 10 non‑tenure‑track faculty members after an independent arbitrator found administrators violated the campus’ collective‑bargaining agreement....

Two separate episodes are testing academic norms and institutional governance: a tenure lawsuit at Harvard Business School and a wave of faculty sanctions tied to comments after Charlie Kirk’s...

State political actors are directly reshaping university leadership decisions. Sources say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis personally offered Princeton professor Robert P. George the University of...

New enrollment gains in fall were driven almost entirely by community colleges, associate programs and credential certificates, the National Student Clearinghouse reported. Over 16 million...

Colleges are moving past a binary debate over generative AI: some faculty ban chatbots outright while others are designing curricula that use AI as a co‑teacher or learning aid. Writing and...

The Education Department paused plans to resume Treasury Offset Program seizures and wage garnishments for borrowers in default, extending a de‑facto moratorium on some forced collections. The...

Federal school mental‑health programs faced abrupt cancellations on Jan. 13 when SAMHSA notified grantees that up to $2 billion in awards—including Project AWARE—were terminated. After bipartisan...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis personally offered Princeton professor Robert P. George the presidency of the University of Florida; George declined and recommended Columbia’s Donald Landry, who later...

The University of Arkansas rescinded a contract to hire Emily Suski as law school dean after Republican state lawmakers objected to her signing an amicus brief supporting transgender athletes....

Benjamin Edelman, a former Harvard Business School professor denied tenure despite strong scholarship and teaching credentials, has sued HBS claiming the school breached its duty of good faith and...

As Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger assumed office, several University of Virginia board members were asked to resign amid months of campus upheaval. The change in state leadership appears to...

The Nevada System of Higher Education proposed tuition and fee increases of 12% at four‑year campuses and 9% at two‑year colleges to avert more than 300 job cuts, Chancellor Matt McNair told...

Portland State University agreed to reinstate 10 non‑tenure‑track faculty members after an arbitrator found the layoffs violated the collective bargaining agreement. President Ann Cudd said the...

Under an interagency agreement, the Education Department is detailing higher‑education program staff to the Labor Department so Labor will administer a number of postsecondary grant programs and...

Indiana University launched GenAI 101, a university‑wide generative AI course that has enrolled roughly 107,000 learners across campuses and departments, positioning the course as one of higher...

New National Student Clearinghouse data show overall undergraduate enrollments rose to their highest level in a decade last fall, driven largely by gains at community colleges and in certificate...