Latest Higher Education News

Marcyliena Morgan, who founded and built Harvard University’s Hip‑Hop Archive and helped legitimize hip‑hop studies in academe, died at 75. Her work collecting recordings, scholarly essays and...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Education to temporarily reinstate canceled federal grants for school-based student mental health services, finding that the abrupt...

Democratic attorneys general from 21 states and Washington, D.C., filed briefs urging a court to overturn the Education Department’s recent rejection of TRIO grant applications, saying the...

The U.S. Department of Education finalized a rule narrowing which employers qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, saying organizations deemed to have a “substantial...

A new $100,000 fee imposed by the federal government for certain foreign hires will significantly raise the cost of bringing international talent to U.S. campuses, altering budget assumptions for...

Internal emails obtained by The Chronicle reveal that Mark A. Welsh III, then‑president of Texas A&M, took a hands‑on role in managing a campus controversy that led to the firing of a professor...

A fraudulent email campaign sent from an account tied to the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education distributed profanity‑laced, ideologically charged messages to thousands of...

A truck hauling 21 rhesus macaques overturned on a Mississippi interstate, killing five animals and leaving three at large, authorities said. Tulane University said the monkeys had been housed at...

San Jose State University president Cynthia Teniente‑Matson is pursuing an explicit strategy to integrate generative AI across academics and operations, partnering with OpenAI and industry...

At EDUCAUSE, IT leaders named collaborative cybersecurity the top institutional issue for 2026, urging colleges to embed security responsibilities across faculty, staff and students. The 2026...

Valley Forge Military College told the Education Department it wants to join the Trump administration’s expanded “Compact for Academic Excellence,” the private two‑year college said in a letter...

Colleges and research universities are tightening operations and conserving cash as the federal government shutdown moves into its fourth week. Institutions including Georgia Tech and Ohio...

The U.S. Department of Education released final regulations narrowing which employers qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), forbidding organizations it deems to have a “substantial...

A broader federal push into campus oversight intensified this month as courts and agencies clashed with universities. A recent federal ruling criticized the government’s use of Title VI...

Major regional accreditors are expanding oversight into short-term and noncredit credentialing. The Higher Learning Commission opened applications for an inaugural cohort of HLC‑endorsed...

Emory’s Goizueta Business School reported a sharp drop in international enrollment for its two‑year MBA—a nine‑point decline that reflects a wider pattern across U.S. business programs this...

Senators introduced bipartisan legislation aiming to bar companies from offering AI 'companion' chatbots to minors, while other proposals focus on student-data protections for AI tools. Sponsors...

A new report from FIRE documents long-term professional harms for scholars who face public sanctioning over speech, noting mental‑health impacts, damaged workplace relationships and in some cases...

Campus surveys and Inside Higher Ed reporting show student mental‑health problems persist despite expanded services; many institutions report demand outstripping counseling capacity....

Business‑school and university leaders are sounding the alarm on misaligned HR systems, accreditation pressures and the need to prepare faculty for rapidly changing skill demands. Commentaries...