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The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported that persistence and retention among first-year students who enrolled in fall 2024 reached their highest levels in nearly a decade. In...

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Kansas attorney general asked a federal judge to strike down Kansas’ law allowing certain undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. The joint motion...

A recent opinion piece argues that the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights process has been undermined by plans that shift intake and case-handling from the Office for Civil Rights to the...

A technology roundtable highlights why AI initiatives that work in pilots often struggle to scale across organizations. Panelists attributed failures to weak governance, unclear business outcomes,...

Fitch Ratings warned that private colleges’ operating outlook remains deteriorating as inflation and labor costs outpace tuition revenue growth. In fiscal 2025, Fitch-rated private colleges posted...

Southern New Hampshire University’s board selected Lisa Marsh Ryerson as president in December 2023, following Paul LeBlanc’s decision to step down. Ryerson took over in July 2024 and will...

George Mason University’s Board of Visitors extended President Gregory Washington’s contract through June 2031, despite prior expectations that the board could remove him amid federal probes tied...

The U.S. Department of Education is giving time for the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education to address compliance concerns after NACIQI recommended stripping federal recognition. The report...

Higher education institutions are stepping up defenses against deepfakes as AI-generated voice clones and fabricated video increasingly enable social engineering, credential theft, and targeted...

The report says private lenders are expected to fill part of the gap created by federal student loan limit changes for some borrowers, following political support for reduced federal student aid....

The Trump administration’s international student crackdown is triggering a measurable enrollment decline that could ripple through university budgets and the US STEM labor pipeline, a new analysis...

The US Department of Education’s civil-rights enforcement structure is shifting—moving intake and case evaluation from the Office for Civil Rights to the Justice Department—an approach critics say...

A US Department of Education Office of Inspector General report says staffing reductions in the early months of the second Trump administration appear to have affected units performing statutory...

A change to the federal “duration of status” regulation—used by international students to remain in the US through degree completion—has cleared White House Office of Management and Budget review....

Southern New Hampshire University’s board leadership transition is now in its second year under President Lisa Marsh Ryerson after Paul LeBlanc’s departure, with Ryerson describing a long,...

George Mason University’s Board of Visitors has extended President Gregory Washington’s contract through June 2031, even after a period of intense pressure tied to federal investigations and the...

Arizona’s newly signed fiscal year 2027 budget cuts millions in state funding for public universities and reduces scholarship and program support aimed at student access and persistence. Gov....

Colleges and universities are ramping up defenses against deepfakes as AI-generated voice clones and manipulated media increasingly enable fraud, fraud-like social engineering, and reputational...

Elite colleges are increasingly moving to reinstate standardized testing after a period of test-optional policies, according to an argument that critics of the SAT lost the debate. The piece...

The University of Exeter plans about 150 academic job cuts, with union claims that humanities and social sciences face disproportionate targeting amid financial pressure and shifting student...