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FAFSA adds earnings flag — hundreds of colleges listed as low-return
The U.S. Department of Education added a new earnings indicator to FAFSA that flags institutions where graduates’ median earnings lag those of high-school completers. The disclosure appears on...
Enforcement and immigration: ICE activity ripples through campuses and child-care workforce
An ICE arrest on Augsburg University’s Minneapolis campus set off conflicting accounts between university officials and federal agents about whether courts warrants were presented and whether the...
Business schools double down — STEM-linked MBAs and fierce admissions ahead
Business schools are accelerating interdisciplinary MBA models that pair STEM training with management curricula as employers demand graduates fluent in data, AI and machine learning. Institutions...
Board professionals called to lead: presidential searches rise in stakes
More than half of current college presidents plan to leave within five years, and governing boards are turning to board professionals (BPs) to manage those high-stakes presidential searches. AGB...
Pell Grant gap widens — Congress and watchdogs warn of looming shortfall
Analysts warn the Pell Grant program faces a structural funding gap that could reach tens of billions over the next decade after Congress temporarily infused $10.5 billion. The Committee for a...
Education Department reshuffle: programs moved, partners named in new policy watch
CHEA’s Policy Watch details a major reorganization inside the U.S. Department of Education: the agency is shifting administration of several K–12 and postsecondary programs to other federal...
Campus leadership and survival: sudden retirements and small-college pauses
Clemson University announced an abrupt retirement by president Jim Clements effective at month’s end, citing health and family, and the board moved to name an interim president. The departure...
Faculty contracts and cuts collide: reinstatement orders and sweeping program reductions
Portland State faces a standoff after an arbitrator ordered the reinstatement and back pay for 10 laid-off nontenure-track faculty; the university has refused to reinstate on legal grounds and...
Classroom speech and immigration collide: Berkeley suspension and student reinstatement rulings
UC Berkeley suspended a lecturer for the spring semester without pay after officials concluded he used class time for pro‑Palestinian advocacy and violated campus policy by directing students to...
International-enrollment shock: new-student drop trims $1B from local economies
U.S. colleges reported a 17% decline in new international student enrollment this year — the steepest drop outside the pandemic — costing nearly $1 billion in local economic activity and roughly...
AI tests curricula and services: Catholic liberal arts and campus agents get trial by fire
Catholic liberal arts colleges are reassessing curricular relevance as AI reshapes employer demand; students and leaders debate whether philosophy and traditional liberal-arts training are...
Workforce Pell and implementation fights: negotiating rules as deadlines loom
Negotiations over Workforce Pell are underway as stakeholders hash out eligibility, accountability and rollout mechanics from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. A negotiating committee reported...
Campus safety crisis: shooting at Kentucky State and an on‑campus ICE arrest clash
A shooting at Kentucky State University’s residence hall left one student dead and another critically injured; the suspected nonstudent shooter is in custody and campus officials moved quickly to...
Pell Grant shortfall: $6B–$11B annual gap warns watchdog
The Pell Grant program faces a structural funding gap that could run $6 billion to $11 billion a year over the next decade, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warned. The CRFB analysis...
FAFSA earnings warning: Department adds low‑outcomes flag to student aid process
The Department of Education rolled out an earnings indicator on the FAFSA that flags institutions where median graduate earnings lag those of typical high‑school graduates. First-year...
Martin University pauses operations: Predominantly Black college cites fiscal collapse
Martin University announced it will “pause operations” at the end of the semester, citing dwindling enrollment, mounting financial strain and an absence of an endowment. Trustees said they are...
Program triage in Wisconsin: New metric could accelerate cuts
The Universities of Wisconsin system is adopting a new enrollment-based trigger to flag undergraduate programs for review — programs averaging 15 or fewer juniors and seniors over three years — a...
Arbitrator orders reinstatement — university resists: Portland State stalemate
An independent arbitrator ordered Portland State University to reinstate 10 nontenure‑track faculty who were laid off in June, saying the university violated the collective‑bargaining agreement...
Justice Department rule shift: Disparate‑impact investigations rescinded
The Justice Department announced it will no longer enforce disparate‑impact liability under Title VI, removing a decades‑old tool that allowed complaints based on statistical disparities rather...
Education Department reassigns OCR staff to tackle backlog
The Education Department ordered staff who had been targeted in earlier reduction‑in‑force actions to return to work at the Office for Civil Rights to address a swelling complaint backlog...