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    Education Department gives cosmetology accreditor 1 year to remedy concerns

    The federal agency is also barring the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences from granting accreditation to new institutions. 

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    Now We Know TV! with Steve Guttenberg

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    Is your billing experience undermining your affordability efforts?

    A financial aid package may help students enroll. Can billing help them stay?

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    Tracking the Trump administration’s deals with colleges

    This week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill became the seventh college to reach a settlement with the federal government.

    Updated Oct. 22, 2026
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    Week in review: New accreditor grants approval to first university

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from employers’ views on degrees in the AI era to a letter from Cornell University faculty lambasting the administration. 

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    Ohio court blocks dissolution of Antioch University’s board

    The Coalition for the Common Good violated its own bylaws when it moved to dissolve the university’s board, an Ohio court ruled.

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    Cornell faculty excoriate university’s handling of Jane Doe case

    Amid the controversy, the Ivy League institution’s faculty senate is weighing a no-confidence vote against President Michael Kotlikoff.

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    Undergraduate certificates are most at risk of failing new earnings test

    The majority of cosmetology and massage therapy certificate programs fail under a new accountability framework, a Validated Insights analysis found.

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    UNC-Chapel Hill strikes bargain with Trump administration to end probes

    Under the deal, the highly selective public flagship will implement several wide-ranging policy changes to resolve more than a dozen civil rights investigations.

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    Anna Maria College cancels campus bankruptcy auction over lack of bids

    The shuttered Massachusetts institution received no bids to purchase its entire 260-acre estate that met its minimum terms. 

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    Inside higher ed’s wave of price resets and free tuition models

    We're rounding up recent affordability initiatives — including lower sticker prices and free tuition plans — at a dozen liberal arts colleges.

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    Nearly half of employers say AI will make college degrees more important

    Employers expressed more confidence in the higher education sector than the general public, according to a new Gallup and the Lumina Foundation poll.

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    Democratic lawmakers accuse Education Department of ‘frontloading’ grants

    A letter from two key Senate Appropriations Committee members says the agency’s approach is making it easier to cancel funding in future years.

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    Harvard logs $100M surplus despite 20% drop in federal research money

    A cost-cutting effort and spike in endowment money helped the Ivy League institution weather political and economic instability in fiscal 2026.

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    University of Hawai’i system expands direct admissions to all 10 campuses

    High school seniors with a 3.2 GPA can receive an offer from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, which has joined the initiative in its second year.

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    Judge declines to block Trump’s March anti-DEI order for federal contractors

    The ruling rejected plaintiffs’ constitutional arguments but said that the directive only pertains to conduct that is “already prohibited by federal law.”

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    Trump admin reignites court battle over student deportations based on speech

    The federal government appealed a court decision that ruled its efforts to revoke student visas based on protected speech were unconstitutional.

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    Minnesota State board approves plan to redirect funding to struggling colleges

    The measure is expected to send a projected $15 million to St. Cloud State University and Bemidji State University in fiscal 2027. 

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    How admissions officials are navigating the academic year ahead

    At the National Association for College Admission Counseling conference, discussions ranged from AI in application essays to international recruitment.

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    Week in review: Utah public colleges told they can’t be sanctuary campuses

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from program cuts at Pennsylvania State University to a free community college proposal in New Hampshire. 

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    NACAC '26

    3 admissions experts on why they require — or nixed — supplemental essays

    University leaders discussed application essay strategies in the AI era at the National Association for College Admission Counseling's annual conference.

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    1 in 3 ACT test-takers retook the exam — and raised their scores

    Some 1.46 million graduating high school students took the test at least once between 10th and 12th grade, the ACT company said Wednesday.

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    Penn State looks to cut 47 undergraduate degrees

    The public institution is moving to eliminate programs with low enrollment and fading student demand after a multiyear review of its offerings. 

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    Hilton’s newer, younger college town brand gains momentum

    Hilton’s Undergraduate brand offers developers a “much more scalable approach,” per a senior leader.

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    How 3 universities are approaching international student recruitment

    Leaders shared tips on attracting foreign students and weathering policy tumult at the National Association for College Admission Counseling conference.

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    More students are ruling out colleges based on politics, poll finds

    Art & Science Group found that the share of students who decided against a college based entirely on its home state’s politics rose to 34% this summer.

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    NACAC '26

    Why women of color leave admissions work — and what institutions can do

    Panelists discussed how to support this group and boost employee retention at the annual National Association for College Admission Counseling conference.