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Student Finance England told roughly 22,000 students at 15 universities and colleges in England to repay “mis-sold” maintenance loans and grants after the government-linked agency said...

Oregon State University’s Southern Oregon University unit received a $15 million emergency funding provision after Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation that routes the money through the Oregon...

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously to fire system president Jay Rothman after he declined to resign quietly when asked by board leadership. The board said the...

Brown University kept Hugh T. Clements Jr. as police chief after he stepped in as interim chief following a fatal attack in December. Clements had been a fixture of the Providence Police...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would have ended in-state tuition eligibility for undocumented students at public institutions. The state’s existing policy allows in-state tuition for...

The U.S. Department of Education rescinded parts of resolution agreements tied to Title IX investigations that advanced LGBTQ+ inclusion under prior administrations. In its announcement, the...

The AAUP’s annual faculty compensation data found average salaries for full-time faculty fell 0.4% in real terms between fall 2024 and fall 2025, the first real-dollar decline in three years....

The Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa hosted an opening event that reportedly invited only Republican lawmakers, despite the center’s mission of “free, open, and rigorous...

State and local support for public colleges and universities rose to $130.7 billion in fiscal 2025, but per-student funding fell 1% in inflation-adjusted terms for the first time since 2012,...

Oregon State University Cascades removed Chancellor and Dean Sherman Bloomer and placed the matter under an investigation after a complaint prompted an inquiry involving OSU’s Office of Audit Risk...

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously to fire system President Jay Rothman after he declined a request to resign, the system announced. The board cited results of...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed legislation that would have ended eligibility for in-state tuition at state public institutions for undocumented students. Under the current rule, students who...

A federal court extended deadlines for some colleges and higher-education associations to submit extensive race- and sex-disaggregated admissions and enrollment data under a new U.S. Department of...

The U.S. Department of Education released draft regulations to overhaul how accreditation agencies operate, including a process that eases pathways for new accreditors and requires accrediting...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights rescinded parts of resolution agreements tied to Title IX investigations that were intended to protect LGBTQ+ students under prior...

More than 20,000 students on weekend courses in the UK have been told they must repay “mis-sold” maintenance loans and, in some cases, childcare grants after learning their courses were not...

Oregon will provide Southern Oregon University with a $15 million emergency funding provision after Gov. Tina Kotek signed the measure into law. The appropriation routes the money through Oregon’s...

A new State of Digital Adoption report finds that large majorities of enterprise workers are avoiding AI tools—even as executives increase AI spending. In a survey of 3,750 executives and...

Southern Oregon University will receive a $15 million emergency appropriation after Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed an emergency funding provision into law this week, sending the money through the...

A federal court order extended deadlines for dozens of private colleges and higher-education associations to submit detailed admissions data broken down by race and sex to the U.S. Department of...