Latest Higher Education News

Higher‑education classrooms are seeing a collision of student adoption, pedagogical experimentation, and institutional lag. A survey of roughly 1,000 college students by Honorlock found that while...

Instructors are retooling classwork to center execution and lived experience. Two classroom innovations surfaced: Photovoice, a participatory action‑research method repurposed as an assignment in...

University leaders are confronting an intensifying mix of regulatory scrutiny, governance burdens and reputational risk. At the American Association of Colleges and Universities meeting, Rutgers...

A new National College Attainment Network report shows FAFSA simplification produced a sharp rise in Pell Grant eligibility, with roughly 1.5 million additional students qualifying for the maximum...

Brown University has begun allocating $3 million in workforce-development grants in Rhode Island as part of its voluntary settlement with the federal government to restore previously frozen...

The Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica announced they will discontinue active sponsorship of Benedictine College, ending the formal governance role the religious order held since founding Mount St....

The College Board has prohibited the use of smart glasses during SAT administrations amid rising concerns that wearable devices can be used to receive real-time answers. The testing agency's move...

Colleges are confronting a two-sided AI problem: students largely learn generative tools on their own while emergent agentic systems create fresh security and privacy risks. An Honorlock survey of...

The University of California, San Diego is moving forward without the SAT as a component of admission, arguing selective institutions can address preparation gaps after students enroll. UCSD’s...

New Common App data profiles financially independent transfer applicants, showing they are more likely to be first-generation students with higher demonstrated need and complex academic pathways....

U.S. business schools are reporting sharp declines in MBA applications this admissions cycle, with international applicant pools contracting 20%–30% at some programs. Admissions officers and...

A partial federal government shutdown is spilling into the week after House leaders delayed a funding vote, complicating a near-term funding path for the Department of Education and other...

Texas A&M announced the termination of its women’s and gender studies program and canceled multiple courses after a system-wide review aimed at policing “officially disapproved ideas.” The interim...

Harvard reported a rebound in donations, applications and institutional support after a period of governance turmoil and public attacks, while newly released Jeffrey Epstein files have thrust a...

U.S. full-time MBA programs are reporting steep application declines this cycle—many programs show 20%–30% drops, concentrated among international applicants—admissions officers point to visa...

MIT Sloan unveiled profiles of its MBA Class of 2027 highlighting a cross-disciplinary cohort drawing from engineering, AI, sustainability and operations. The school is pitching Boston’s academic...

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cut about 70 jobs as it refocuses toward AI-driven biomedical research and its Biohub network, signaling a major donor pivot away from prior education and...

Moltbot, an open‑source agentic AI assistant, has gone viral for automating tasks from scheduling to email and file access—but security vendors warn the agents create new attack vectors by...

A federal judge ordered the release of a detained 5‑year‑old and his father from a Texas ICE facility, sharply criticizing the administration’s enforcement quotas; the ruling highlighted...

Ford’s CEO warned of a national shortage in skilled trades—reporting 5,000 unfilled mechanic roles—and called for greater investment in trade training and vocational pathways. Auto industry...