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Q&AMcMahon: Education Department shutdown is still the goal
Despite legal challenges to the agency’s layoffs, the secretary said she sees progress with several Trump administration priorities.
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Sponsored by CampusESP Inc.Families as the next advancement frontier
How strategic engagement — and smarter data tracking — are reshaping parent and family giving.
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Florida bill seeks further limit on out-of-state enrollment at top universities
The state’s House passed a measure that would cap nonresident students to no more than 5% of first-time, full-time fall enrollment at certain institutions.
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Week in review: Cuts hit The New School, University of Iowa
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a Florida bill to further limit out-of-state students at some public universities to colleges cutting jobs or programs.
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Lawmakers mull $15M in emergency funding for Southern Oregon University
The proposal comes as the public institution wrestles with dwindling cash reserves and a potentially dangerous shortfall by next year.
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Education Department urged to broaden ‘professional’ student definition
Professional students will be able to borrow $100,000 more than other graduate students, but a proposed rule would exclude certain fields from the higher cap.
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Leadership LedgerUSC, Southwest Minnesota State elevate interim leaders to permanent spots
From West Virginia to California, February brought a wave of colleges appointing new presidents.
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Indiana governor signs law to cut ‘low earning’ college degrees
Republican Gov. Mike Braun's signature on Thursday likely sets up further cuts to his state's higher education offerings.
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How 3 college administrators are tackling higher education disruption
From AI adoption to tightening visa policies, college officials shared how they’re tackling issues during American Council on Education’s annual conference.
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‘We will hold institutions accountable,’ top US education official vows
At the American Council on Education’s annual conference, Under Secretary Nicholas Kent promised changes to accreditation and other policies.
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UNC board approves contested academic freedom definition
Amid faculty protests, the public North Carolina system's governing board unanimously passed the policy change during its Thursday meeting.
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University of Iowa seeks to cut 7 degrees
The proposed eliminations follow a mandated review that flagged undergraduate majors and master’s degrees deemed to have low enrollment.
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Washington University to acquire St. Louis College of Pharmacy
The college will become WashU’s 10th academic school and “strengthen interdisciplinary connections” across health fields, it said.
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California history professor wins injunction against DEI regulations
Officials are barred from enforcing the diversity, equity and inclusion rules against Daymon Johnson over his classroom instruction.
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The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where
In moves to downsize, the department is sending some higher education and K-12 programming to other agencies.
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DOJ sues University of California over antisemitism allegations in latest salvo
A University of California, Los Angeles spokesperson said the institution has taken numerous steps to combat antisemitism and "we will vigorously defend our efforts."
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Trump touts ‘we ended DEI’ in State of the Union
The president’s declaration follows a yearlong attack on DEI during which some employers rolled back their initiatives, while others stayed the course.
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Louisiana governor urges Education Department to expand college DEI probe
Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, asked the federal agency to investigate each of the state’s colleges to root out any diversity, equity or inclusion efforts.
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Deep DiveCongress green-lights education interagency agreements — with reservations
The U.S. Department of Education has nine such agreements with other agencies, including the departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.
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Lawmakers release $8.8M of Utah State University’s funding after audit
Legislators had withheld the money for months while waiting for the audit, which ultimately found spending and governance problems.
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Can Drexel’s new president make the university into a household name?
Antonio Merlo discussed leading the Philadelphia private nonprofit through an academic transformation and navigating higher education’s choppy waters.
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TrackerHow publicly traded higher education companies are performing
For-profit operators including Grand Canyon Education and Perdoceo Education posted revenue growth as enrollments increased.
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Blueprint for state bills aims to tighten control over gen eds
New model legislation from conservative think tank Manhattan Institute would also weaken shared governance by limiting faculty bodies to advisory roles.
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Harvard v. TrumpWhat’s the latest in Harvard University’s battle with the Trump administration?
The university is offering deferrals to some admitted active-duty service members after the U.S. Department of Defense cut academic ties with it.
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University of Texas System adopts new teaching limits despite faculty concerns
The system’s governing board approved a policy that requires instructors to limit and balance their teaching about controversial subjects.
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Resistance to management style didn’t create hostile work environment at Drexel, court finds
The court said that a direct report’s responses were not discriminatory microaggressions, but rather “innocent workplace misunderstandings.”
