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The South Dakota Board of Regents approved a post‑tenure review policy billed as accountability reform, but faculty and critics argue the measure effectively undermines tenure protections. Regents...

The University System of Maryland and University of Maryland, College Park declined to release a law-firm investigation into allegations that President Darryll Pines committed academic misconduct,...

Two small-college developments this week highlighted acute fiscal pressure on tuition-dependent institutions. Wells College agreed to sell its Aurora campus to the Hiawatha Institute for...

Federal analysis and higher-education leaders are warning that the new graduate‑lending limits taking effect this July will directly reduce borrowing power for a large share of graduate students....

The U.S. Department of Education awarded $14.5 million in Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grants to projects aimed at reshaping college quality oversight, seeding up to 10 new...

A wave of course‑sharing partnerships is expanding as cash‑strapped colleges look to preserve program breadth while trimming costs. Higher‑education commentators and practitioners describe...

Several high-profile campus leadership moves closed out 2025 and began 2026 with new presidents in place. Two East Coast flagship public universities announced presidential transitions that took...

State and campus decisions over tenure oversight and due process are producing immediate campus consequences. The South Dakota Board of Regents adopted a statewide post‑tenure review policy framed...

Universities are facing competing pressures: internal investigations into scholarly conduct and external litigation over protest and speech policies. The University of Maryland and its system...

Creditors and lenders are exerting direct governance pressure on financially distressed campuses while some institutions close entirely. Self‑Help Ventures offered a lifeline to Saint Augustine’s...

Colleges are retooling recruitment messaging even as employers narrow the campuses they target. Enrollment experts argue generic outreach — reciting internships and study abroad — is failing to...

Colleges are confronting a persistent rise in “ghost students” and application fraud that siphons financial aid and strains campus systems. During and after the pandemic, fraud actors exploited...

College presidents and sector analysts outlined a compact set of priorities for 2026: adapting to new federal policy regimes, responding to the end of Grad PLUS loans and lending caps, deploying...

Two public flagship universities completed abrupt leadership transitions as new presidents took office Jan. 1, signaling governance turbulence for state-university relations. The University of...

A Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia analysis finds roughly 28% of recent graduate borrowers exceeded the federal borrowing caps that take effect in July, flagging a major funding shock for...

Higher education leaders face a raft of federal changes that will alter funding, international enrollment and regulatory oversight in 2026. Congress passed a major spending package that rewrites...

The U.S. Department of Education awarded $14.5 million to 15 projects aimed at changing how colleges demonstrate quality, funding initiatives that could underwrite up to 10 new accrediting...

The University System of Maryland spent at least $199,999—and may have authorized up to $600,000—on a law‑firm investigation into allegations that University of Maryland president Darryll Pines...

Self-Help Ventures offered to assume at least $7 million of Saint Augustine’s University debt and to consider up to $20 million in additional financing, but conditioned the relief on removal of...

Martin University abruptly announced it has closed and begun selling assets, citing rising costs, falling enrollment and mounting debt in a board letter published by the Indianapolis Recorder. The...