Latest Higher Education News

Coursera told university and corporate partners it will charge a 15% platform fee beginning in 2026, a pivot away from tuition‑share OPM contracts toward fee‑for‑service and platform monetization....

Anthropic launched a public push to show its Claude chatbot meets standards of political even‑handedness while also reporting it thwarted a large‑scale, largely agentic cyberattack. The company...

The record 43‑day federal shutdown ended, but education leaders warned the pause will have lingering effects on K‑12 and higher‑education funding flows. Late Head Start and Impact Aid payments...

At the University of California, San Diego and other campuses, employees who kept their jobs after layoffs describe anxiety, exhaustion, and strained operations. Animal‑care technician Verenice...

Former University of Virginia president James E. Ryan released a detailed 12‑page letter describing an intense pressure campaign that led to his abrupt resignation. Ryan says Department of Justice...

A federal judge has rebuked the Trump administration, ordering it not to threaten the University of California’s federal funding as part of a broader dispute over enforcement and oversight. The...

The Trump administration has proposed scaling back federal work‑study funding, a program that provides roughly $1 billion in subsidies annually and supports about 700,000 students with part‑time...

Duncan Ivison, president and vice‑chancellor of the University of Manchester, publicly criticized the U.K. government’s proposed 6% surcharge on international‑student tuition, calling the levy...

The Common App’s early‑cycle data shows a rise in applications from underrepresented U.S. cohorts and a simultaneous drop in international applicants. Compared with last season, applications from...

Johns Hopkins University announced a new financial aid policy eliminating tuition, fees and living expenses for Homewood undergraduates from families earning under $100,000; families up to...

Sterling College in Vermont announced it will close at the end of the spring 2026 semester, citing persistent enrollment decline and financial strain. The environmental‑studies focused liberal...

Two high‑profile state moves tightened controls over course content and classroom practice. The Texas A&M System approved a policy restricting courses that ‘advocate’ race or gender ideologies...

A liberal‑arts college’s experiment to embed and evaluate large language models in teaching has spotlighted both institutional ambition and student concern. Inside Higher Ed’s coverage describes...

Coursera announced a strategic change: starting in 2026 the company will charge a 15% platform fee to colleges and employers using its learning platform. The move signals a pivot away from...

Former University of Virginia president James E. Ryan released a detailed 12‑page account describing the immediate forces that led to his abrupt June resignation. Ryan says he was told by federal...

A federal judge issued an order preventing the Trump administration from threatening the University of California system’s federal funding, in a rare judicial rebuke of White House tactics. The...

With the 43‑day federal government shutdown concluded, K‑12 and higher‑education leaders are confronting delayed grants, frozen formula payments and administrative disruptions that will...

The White House proposed steep reductions to the Federal Work‑Study program in its budget outline, putting a decades‑old, bipartisan student support initiative at risk. Work‑study subsidizes...

Sterling College in Vermont announced it will close after the spring 2026 semester, citing sustained enrollment declines and fragile finances. The environmental‑studies college — enrolling fewer...

New Common App data show notable growth in applications from Black, first‑generation, low‑income and rural students, even as international applications dropped — led by steep declines from India....