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Chicago Booth’s Class of 2025 reported a decline in median total compensation to $194,500, marking a second consecutive year of weaker pay outcomes for an elite MBA pipeline. Offer rates at...

The U.S. Department of Education has reshaped the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), signaling a policy shift that could remake accreditation standards...

Texas A&M announced it will not reinstate a lecturer who was dismissed after teaching a lesson about gender that drew political attention. The university’s decision ends an internal personnel...

The University of Oklahoma fired a graduate teaching assistant after an inquiry found the instructor gave a student zero on a psychology paper that cited the Bible and argued against multiple...

The U.S. Department of Education opened a review of Brown University to determine whether the Ivy League school complied with the Clery Act after a campus shooting left two students dead....

New industry research makes a case that the MBA and the GMAT remain strong signals to employers for the skills they prize. The analysis, drawing on GMAC’s 2025 Corporate Recruiters Survey, finds...

Chicago Booth’s Class of 2025 posted a second consecutive drop in median total compensation, which fell to $194,500, the school reported. Base median salary held at $175,000, while sign‑on bonuses...

Policy changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will eliminate Graduate PLUS loans and impose lifetime federal borrowing caps that critics say will constrict access to advanced degrees. Under...

The Department of Education announced it will resume aggressive collections by beginning to garnish wages of borrowers in default, sending initial notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers the week of...

A federal judge upheld the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for new H‑1B visa applications, ruling the proclamation falls within presidential authority. The decision is a setback for...

A new overview identifies seven U.S. colleges that enroll more than 48,000 students, highlighting the scale and administrative complexity of the country’s largest public institutions. These...

The Department of Education moved this month to reshape federal oversight of accreditation, signaling a sustained campaign to prioritize graduation rates, earnings and 'academic rigor' over...

A federal judge this month ruled that the Education Department unlawfully terminated dozens of multi‑year school mental‑health grants and ordered remedies that could keep roughly $208 million...

The University of Oklahoma removed and later fired a graduate teaching assistant after finding she arbitrarily awarded a zero on a psychology paper in which a student cited the Bible and argued...

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a Clery Act review of Brown University following a campus shooting that left two students dead earlier this month. Secretary Linda McMahon’s...

The Department of Education announced it will begin garnishing wages of federal student‑loan borrowers in default, sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers the week of Jan. 7 and scaling up...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration may proceed with a presidential proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on new H‑1B visa applications, a decision that could raise hiring costs for...

Chicago Booth’s Class of 2025 reported a second consecutive year of lower median total compensation, falling to $194,500 amid a cautious hiring cycle and uneven sector demand. Offer rates at...

Clemson University’s outgoing president, Jim Clements, came under public scrutiny for serving on corporate boards while leading a public university. Questions about conflicts of interest prompted...

Five years after California outlawed withholding transcripts to collect campus debts, a UC Merced survey found 24 of 115 community colleges still display website language suggesting transcript...