Latest Higher Education News

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon escalated the Trump administration’s push for higher education policy changes, urging college leaders to publish commitments to admissions transparency,...

A new federal lawsuit challenges a Texas A&M University system policy that prohibits course advocacy of “race ideology” and “gender ideology,” alleging it operates as an unconstitutional,...

Brown University President Christina Paxson announced she will step down in 2027, ending a 15-year tenure that included the COVID-19 period, federal funding disruptions, and student unrest over...

Illinois Institute of Technology laid off roughly 160 faculty and staff ahead of the fall semester, citing the need to “ensure fiscal stability” amid demographic decline, research cutbacks, and...

Community colleges are scaling food recovery programs as a student success intervention aimed at reducing hunger and improving persistence to graduation. The article reports that these efforts...

A new proposed accreditation rule is expected imminently, and higher education leaders are calling for active participation during the comment period to shape what ultimately becomes final...

The U.S. Department of Education is moving to wipe out additional student loan balances for roughly 170,000 more borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit schools. The move expands a mass...

A Kentucky statewide evaluation finds corequisite developmental education support helped some underprepared students pass first-year English more often than traditional prerequisite pathways,...

A University of Oxford student survey released as part of the “Our Space” research project reported high rates of sexual harassment and sexual assault, with drug or alcohol use appearing as a...

Mexico’s National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) suspended admissions after a suspected cheating scandal linked to remote administration of its undergraduate entrance exam. UNAM opened an...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged university presidents and board members to publicly commit to major policy reforms by the end of 2026, framing the call as a bid to restore public...

A federal lawsuit filed in Houston challenges a Texas A&M University System policy that prohibits advocacy of “race ideology,” “gender ideology,” and other concepts in core courses. The American...

Brown University President Christina Paxson announced she will step down at the end of the 2026–27 academic year, ending a 15-year presidency that began in 2012. The Corporation of Brown...

The U.S. Department of Education is preparing to discharge student loans for an additional 170,000 defrauded borrowers in a case involving students who were harmed by for-profit school misconduct....

A new statewide working paper from CALDER at the American Institutes for Research evaluates Kentucky’s corequisite developmental education reform across 16 community and technical colleges. Using...

Minnesota’s approval of a pilot for three-year bachelor’s degrees at two institutions drew criticism from major teachers unions and faculty groups, which warned that compressed programs may weaken...

Vassar agreed to a proposed $5 million fund to settle litigation alleging systemic gender-based discrimination that led five female professors to sue the college in 2023. Under the proposed...

An analysis from Noodle’s student support leadership highlights how student attrition often builds through early, subtle signals rather than showing up immediately in dashboards. The piece argues...

A professor at Arizona State University described AI-driven misconduct in an online version of “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology,” alleging that some students outsourced intellectual...

A commentary urges higher-education stakeholders to treat an upcoming accreditation proposed rule as an active policy process rather than a finalized outcome from negotiated rulemaking. The author...