Latest Higher Education News

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon launched a “national call to action” urging university presidents and governing boards to publish public commitments to reforms by the end of 2026, citing...

Trump’s administration is planning a major overhaul of Head Start rules that would significantly narrow federal quality standards and shift most specifics to state and local authorities, according...

A proposed Department of Education accreditation rule is expected soon, and higher education stakeholders are being urged to treat the upcoming comment and revision cycle as an active battleground...

Universities are accelerating AI-focused curriculum while also facing pushback on how quickly students can demonstrate proficiency. One report highlights a growing “AI essentials” push across...

Student attrition is quietly compounding into major financial pressure, but a key failure mode remains: many institutions detect risk after students have already decided to leave. A new analysis...

New research and employer surveys underscore how single hiring and pay decisions can ripple through institutional and labor budgets for years. A pay-intelligence analysis from Syndio estimates the...

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is cutting its MBA degree requirements from 54 to 48 credits for the Fall 2026 cohort across Full-Time, Flex, and Online tracks—an...

A cybersecurity startup focused on monitoring AI agents is raising new capital as enterprises rush to deploy agentic tools that act inside corporate systems. Zenity, an Israel-based firm,...

Brown University president Christina H. Paxson will resign after a tenure that lasted more than a decade and included major campus tensions in recent years, including protests, political pressure,...

Faculty at Arizona State University reported seeing growing patterns of AI-enabled academic misconduct in an online “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology” course, including discussion-board posts...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a national call to action urging university presidents and governing boards to publicly pledge higher-education reforms by the end of 2026. In a...

Higher-education leaders are gearing up for a new proposed accreditation rule expected to move from comment period to revision, with advocates urging the Department of Education to preserve what...

Projections from Huron Consulting Group suggest the pace of private, nonprofit college closings is picking up, with more than 440 institutions at elevated risk based on enrollment trends, debt,...

Higher-education retention efforts are being urged to move from reactive detection to proactive identification of dropout signals, as the reasons students leave often surface long before formal...

Accelerated and competency-driven degree models are intensifying scrutiny as lawmakers and faculty governance groups challenge whether learning can be validated faster than traditional pace-based...

A statewide Kentucky evaluation finds corequisite developmental education support improves outcomes for students positioned just below college-level thresholds, but benefits are uneven—especially...

As colleges see growing student demand for AI-related learning, faculty are increasingly extending AI instruction beyond computer science majors—while some departments face slowing enrollment in...

Cybersecurity concerns are expanding beyond corporate IT as Michigan reports that hackers targeted nine state water systems, joining earlier disclosures from Minnesota. Officials said systems...

The Defense Department is moving to reshape military education by considering an overhaul that would abolish civilian tenure and require line-by-line curriculum review at service academies and...

Parents are entering the college search cycle with sharply higher emphasis on job outcomes after graduation, while affordability remains the dominant concern. An EAB report drawing on a spring...