Latest Higher Education News

The U.S. Department of Education has published new draft rules for the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” accountability framework, including a new metric designed to measure the return on investment of...

The Office for Students (OfS) is set to operate a new freedom of speech complaints scheme in England starting in September, after a long delay from earlier legislation. The system will let...

Universities are facing a rapid wave of operational strain and leadership change, underscored by the impending closure of Hampshire College and broader downsizing pressures elsewhere. Hampshire...

Indiana University expanded its generative AI workforce training by making GenAI 101 available free worldwide, with the course developed by the Kelley School of Business. The university framed the...

Higher Learning Commission President Barbara Gellman-Danley said accreditors and institutions must improve how they assess quality as credential options diversify beyond traditional degrees. In...

Around 22,000 students in the UK who were told to urgently repay maintenance loans and childcare grants after receiving them in error have been granted a repayment reprieve. The government said...

A sector-focused report argues that the internship model is increasingly failing to bridge the “work experience Catch-22” for college students, even as internships remain a key hiring signal. The...

UK guidance for institutions sponsoring international students has tightened requirements tied to education agents, requiring universities to record agent details on student confirmation of...

Texas A&M broke ground on a $226 million semiconductor research and development facility in Bryan, Texas, signaling a renewed push to expand applied research capacity and workforce training in...

New research from Rize Education challenges a core strategy at many small residential colleges: shifting emphasis to “non-traditional” revenue streams like online programs, microcredentials, and...

The U.S. Department of Education has published a new proposed accountability metric for public comment under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act framework, aiming to test whether individual degree...

England’s universities are set to face new enforcement on freedom of speech after the Office for Students (OfS) announced a complaints system coming online for the next academic year. The...

The U.S. Department of Education has withdrawn a demand for payment from the University of Arizona to recoup $72 million tied to borrower-defense loan discharges connected to claims that students...

A new Ithaka S+R research brief highlights that CUNY’s T-REX tool improves how students move credits toward their degrees. The finding emphasizes practical transfer momentum, focusing on how the...

Faculty members are leaving Texas public institutions in reported numbers after complaints about censorship—an academic freedom dispute centered on the state’s restrictions affecting what can be...

University of South Florida’s athletics leadership search explicitly reframed the top role from traditional “athletics director” to a CEO-like executive, citing a governance shift tied to modern...

A “week in review” roundup highlights mounting institutional fragility and leadership changes across U.S. higher education. Hampshire College in Massachusetts will shutter after the fall semester,...

Student advocates and education policy observers say financial aid award letters too often fail to present a clear, comparable bottom-line cost for families—prompting renewed pressure for...