Latest Higher Education News

Colleges are turning budgeting into a strategic battleground as enrollment declines and operating costs rise. Financial leaders warn institutions must align multi-year budgets with mission-driven...

A federal push to police campus practices has accelerated scrutiny of accreditors and classroom transparency. Education Department officials signalled legal concerns about diversity, equity and...

Governance tensions flared as a university president refused to sign a traditional shared‑governance memorandum and state lawmakers moved to assert greater control over public institutions. At...

Accreditation moved into the nondegree market as the Higher Learning Commission formally endorsed third‑party microcredential providers for the first time. The HLC said it vetted organizations...

Business schools and federal regulators are reshaping admissions practices as institutions hire corporate talent and legal fights shift data collection timelines. Darden tapped a Google talent...

AI agents are reshaping academic work and assessment: learning‑management vendors say detection is unreliable, while AI models flag which campus jobs are most exposed. Blackboard executives told...

Late paychecks remain a persistent operational problem for contingent faculty and graduate employees, with recurring delays prompting union action and hardship for early‑career academics. Adjuncts...

Lawmakers and campus leaders are confronting student safety and expression as reports detail rising antisemitism and private colleges tighten speech rules. A House Republican report labeled campus...

Thought leaders argue universities must modernize curricula and strengthen cross‑institution collaboration to meet shifting workforce and demographic realities. Edinburgh and UK sector voices...

State legislatures continue to reshape campus policy: Florida approved a conditional campus‑carry law that changes firearms rules on campuses, while a separate proposal to cap out‑of‑state...

The National Institutes of Health has sharply reduced the number of Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) it published in early 2026, a drop the research community says undermines strategic...

The Higher Learning Commission has granted its first formal endorsements to four third‑party microcredential providers, marking a new step toward greater institutional acceptance of short‑term,...

Blackboard executives warned that reliably detecting agentic AI in learning management systems is currently unrealistic, prompting a pivot toward redesigning assessment and pedagogy to manage...

Private institutions are increasingly enforcing restrictive speech and student‑organization policies, citing reputational and donor pressures, legal officers and students report. A recent case at...

Late and unreliable payroll has become a chronic problem for contingent faculty and graduate employees, with reports of repeated missed paydays at large systems such as the City University of New...

State lawmakers moved quickly to authorize conditional emergency aid for Southern Oregon University even as Portland State University outlines proactive program cuts under its PIVOT academic...

Iowa’s legislature is moving on multiple fronts to reshape higher education: a House measure that would penalize private colleges with DEI offices by cutting student grant eligibility passed the...

Oregon State University’s board approved tuition increases of about 5–6 percent—6.3% for new undergraduates and smaller raises for returning and graduate students—to address a projected $14...

A wave of state policies requiring public colleges to post syllabi has collided with a broader pattern of curricular self‑censorship among faculty. At least seven states now mandate publicly...

Australia’s Strategic Examination of Research and Development (Serd) panel released a sweeping set of recommendations to reverse a decade of declines in basic research funding. The report calls...