Latest Higher Education News

The U.S. Department of Education is preparing an earnings-based accountability rule that would restrict access to federal student loans—and in some cases Pell Grants—for undergraduate and graduate...

A finalized Department of Education regulation changes how “professional” graduate degrees are treated for federal student loan limits, effectively lowering borrowing caps for many...

A cluster of colleges has adjusted commencement programming as concerns about political disturbance and fears of violence reached campus leadership. Utah Valley University canceled its...

Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff accused demonstrators tied to an Israel-Palestine campus debate of harassing and intimidating him after he left the event area. The incident,...

Higher-education systems are increasingly turning to interim chief financial officers as the first line of financial triage. The reporting frames interim CFOs as a growing default for institutions...

A University of Notre Dame freshman’s AI agent that connects to Canvas triggered immediate institutional action after it was emailed to students with claims that it could diagnose where students...

R1 research universities are adapting their network and computing infrastructure as AI-driven experimentation increases demand while campus users push network capacity. Reporting highlights how...

Colleges are confronting a dual pressure: enrolling too few students while graduating too many, widening gaps between institutional capacity and student flow. In parallel, some institutions are...

The FCC approved a new competitive bidding portal for the E-rate program, which helps fund school internet connectivity, replacing a system of self-certifications. The FCC says the change is...

Bard College president Leon Botstein announced retirement after an independent review found he minimized aspects of his relationship and communications tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey...

Several U.S. colleges reshaped or curtailed commencement programming amid fears of political disruption and safety concerns. Utah Valley University disinvited a commencement speaker following...

University of Notre Dame confronted a student-developed AI tool marketed as study support that faculty and administrators described as a potential cheating instrument. A 20-year-old freshman...

Jensen Huang used a sharp critique of AI doomsaying to argue that companies and policymakers should focus on factual communication rather than job-destruction narratives. In parallel, new AI...

The Trump administration finalized a regulation tightening federal student loan limits for graduate students in education-related degree programs. The Department of Education argued the rule...

The FCC approved a new competitive bidding portal for the E-rate program that funds school internet connections, replacing parts of the prior self-certification approach. The change is designed to...

A new earnings-test accountability scheme proposed by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration could unintentionally penalize a subset of small faith-based colleges, particularly...

Leon Botstein announced his retirement as president of Bard College following an independent review that found he “minimized” or was not fully accurate about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein....

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff described a low-speed vehicle incident in which he struck a student and a recent graduate as harassment and intimidation following an...

R1 research universities are expanding and reshaping hybrid infrastructure to manage AI-driven volatility in lab computing demand. The report highlights how AI-powered experiments can create...

DePauw University is spending substantially more than peer institutions on student support services, and campus leaders are testing whether that higher-touch model will translate into measurable...