Latest Higher Education News

England’s regulator warned MPs that 50 higher‑education providers face the risk of exiting the market within two to three years, with 24 at more immediate risk of having to stop degree courses,...

A little‑noticed change in federal student‑loan policy will cap Grad PLUS borrowing and could sharply reduce the ability of medical, nursing and other health‑field students to finance training,...

Colleges and K‑12 systems continue to scramble to integrate generative AI into teaching while guarding against academic dishonesty and harm to student development. Panels of educators and...

Colleges are expanding mental‑health guidance and emergency aid outreach as students confront heightened stress from enforcement actions, political volatility, and economic strain. Experts urged...

The Education Department’s experiment of shifting administration of federal career, technical and adult-education grants to the Labor Department is encountering technical and operational failures,...

England’s higher-education sector is under acute financial stress: the Office for Students told MPs that as many as 50 providers could exit the market within two to three years, with 24 judged at...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the “Genesis Mission,” directing the Energy Department, national labs and federal science agencies to build a unified digital platform of...

Two recent faculty-termination cases in Texas illustrate growing political pressure on campus hiring, curriculum and academic governance. At Texas A&M, the university’s Committee on Academic...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to compel the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a subpoena seeking records and witness access in an EEOC probe of...

A provision tucked into recent federal legislation will cap graduate borrowing and end the open-ended Grad PLUS program next July, higher-education advocates warn, threatening the affordability of...

A new survey by NAFSA and partners found U.S. universities reporting widespread declines in international student enrollment this year, especially at the graduate level, with institutions citing...

HEC Paris unveiled its 'New Responsibilities' strategy, a sweeping institutional plan that anchors a €300 million fundraising campaign to expand societal engagement, diversify admissions pathways,...

Columbia Business School was named Poets&Quants’ MBA Program of the Year for its aggressive integration of artificial intelligence into pedagogy, a voice-powered learning platform (CAiSEY) and a...

A Pell Institute brief found the share of first-generation students in U.S. degree-granting institutions fell 13% from 1996 to 2020 even as overall bachelor’s attainment rose—signalling that while...

The Education Department’s experiment to shift administration of federal career, technical and adult-education grants to the Labor Department has hit operational turbulence. Politico and Reuters...

Moody’s Investors Service projected a negative outlook for the higher-education sector, citing a mix of federal policy risks, rising operating costs and the loss of grant funding. The credit...

The State University System of Florida plans to eliminate at least 18 academic programs and suspend eight more after a systemwide productivity review identified 214 underperforming programs,...

HEC Paris unveiled a sweeping five-year strategy centered on social engagement and impact, anchored by a €300 million fundraising goal that will fund a campus rebuild and new programs through...

A new report from NAFSA, Oxford Test of English and Studyportals found that nearly half of surveyed U.S. institutions saw declines in undergraduate international enrollment this year and 63%...

A technical but consequential change to federal student-loan policy will end open-ended Grad PLUS lending next July and cap graduate borrowers—including medical students—at $50,000 per year and...