Latest Higher Education News

The Higher Learning Commission’s president, Barbara Gellman-Danley, pushed back against what she characterized as politically driven threats by the U.S. Department of Education. Speaking at the...

The Trump administration announced it will downsize the U.S. Department of Education’s physical footprint by leaving its Lyndon B. Johnson building headquarters and moving into a nearby location...

Florida’s Board of Governors removed Introduction to Sociology from the state’s public universities’ general-education curriculum, escalating a multi-year fight over course content, ideology, and...

A New Mexico jury found Meta platforms and imposed $375 million in civil penalties related to harm to children’s mental health, part of a broader wave of state and federal cases scrutinizing...

Hampshire College received another escalation signal on accreditation risk after a show-cause process tied to enrollment, declining unrestricted endowment dollars, and inability to refinance a $21...

Portland Community College faced renewed operational instability as unionized faculty and staff remained on strike, delaying most spring-term classes and pushing credit-bearing start dates back....

A peer-reviewed analysis reported that NIH terminated nearly 2,300 federal research grants over a defined period in 2025, and the cancellations disproportionately harmed women and early-career...

A new cybersecurity incident spotlighted how hospital networks taken offline can directly disrupt patient care, with a real-world event mirroring the scenario depicted in HBO Max’s “The Pitt.” The...

AGB’s federal policy update highlighted a projected $17 billion Pell Grant funding shortfall spanning fiscal 2026 and 2027, with the Congressional Budget Office projecting additional gaps for...

Hampshire College received a new “show cause” notice from the New England Commission of Higher Education, citing enrollment underperformance, declining unrestricted endowment dollars,...

The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) voted against renewing recognition of the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, sending the matter to the...

Portland Community College’s two unions—representing both faculty and classified staff—began a coordinated strike amid stalled contract negotiations, shutting down instruction for more than 53,000...

Oxnard College is operating with a “power vacuum” after its top leadership roles were placed on leave or left vacant, according to reporting from the Ventura County Star. Both President Roberto...

The Justice Department’s latest admissions-related data demands targeted Stanford, Ohio State, and the University of California, San Diego, representing an expanded enforcement posture toward...

A new analysis on health-care cyberattacks highlighted how a hospital network shutdown can immediately disrupt patient care workflows and clinical decision-making. The discussion used HBO Max’s...

Cornell biomedical engineering is among universities experimenting with “oral defense” exams designed to verify students’ understanding in an era of generative AI. The approach replaces...

A nationwide women’s personal safety survey found that campus-relevant risks shape how students move and whether they participate in evening and off-campus activities. The study reported that 67%...

Several states are advancing legislation that would require public schools to install weapons-detection systems at building entrances, with bills explicitly emphasizing AI-enabled scanning in...

Hampshire College faces new accreditation risk after its accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), issued a show-cause notice requiring the college to demonstrate by June...

As generative AI reshapes coursework, universities are tightening how they verify learning, with more faculty shifting toward oral examinations and in-person defenses that no chatbot can easily...