Latest Higher Education News

Higher-ed unions representing faculty and staff at 125 campuses in the Northeast signed onto a shared bargaining compact aimed at coordinating contract priorities across institutions and state...

Florida International University’s campus turmoil deepened after leaked WhatsApp chat excerpts surfaced containing graphic anti-Black and anti-Jewish violent language, reported via local press and...

The U.S. Department of Education informed Congress it plans to dissolve the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), which administers federal English-learner programs, according to a letter...

Hampshire College will close after a years-long turnaround effort failed to restore financial stability, according to reporting that cites debt load, ongoing deficits, enrollment declines, and...

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) issued a detailed statement criticizing proposed federal changes to accreditation, warning that the Education Department’s approach could blur...

In ongoing federal court challenges to the Education Department’s new admissions data collection requirements, colleges and higher education associations asked for protection from enforcement and...

The Texas Tech University System directed universities to close all academic programs centered on sexual orientation and gender identity, setting a required submission deadline of June 15 for...

Texas A&M named an insider as president after months of internal conflict tied to debates over teaching about gender, sexuality, and related topics, according to reporting about board and...

Texas House Bill 8, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in September, changes how community colleges are funded by tying state support to outcomes including graduation and transfer rather than enrollment...

A review of Box Intelligent Content Management argues that higher education content platforms need robust security for data at rest and in transit, plus standardized governance across teams such...

A report on AI agents warns that enterprises—potentially including universities—are delegating decision rights to autonomous systems faster than governance frameworks can account for non-human...

CHEA is urging careful limits as the U.S. Department of Education advances proposed regulatory changes to accreditation through negotiated rulemaking. In its statement, CHEA said the Department’s...

A federal judge extended the deadline for more than a dozen higher education groups and private colleges to submit race- and sex-disaggregated admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education....

The University of Wyoming named Shane Reeves as president, selecting a West Point academic leader whose background includes commanding roles in higher education and military service. Reeves, a...

The Texas Tech University System directed a sweeping closure of academic programs centered on sexual orientation and gender identity. Chancellor Brandon Creighton’s memo to the system’s five...

Anna Maria College in Massachusetts is at risk of closing after the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education warned the institution may lack sufficient resources to remain open through the...

Enrollment data show targeted help is driving higher reenrollment rates among adult stopouts—people who left college before earning a degree and intend to return but often do not. The number of...

Texas approved a performance-based funding change for community colleges that shifts state payments from enrollment counts to student graduation milestones and transfer outcomes. Under Texas House...

A new analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy links food insecurity to lower persistence among older, working, and caregiving college students. The reporting emphasizes that the...

New guidance on student expectations around generative AI argues that the current classroom moment requires balancing AI innovation with academic integrity and pedagogical control. The article...