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University of North Texas braces for budget cuts amid $45M deficit
The institution’s leader attributed the gap to drops in state funding and larger-than-expected declines in international graduate enrollment.
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Education Department to nix race-based criteria for McNair program
Conservative groups and two students voluntarily ended their legal challenge against the program given the agency’s plans.
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University of Texas System considers restrictions on ‘controversial’ teaching
A major faculty group in the state described the proposal as a “sweeping, vague policy” and urged the governing board to reject it.
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Deep DiveInternational enrollment is under pressure. How can colleges respond?
Amid tighter visa policies, experts suggest colleges expand recruitment efforts and provide foreign students with more flexibility to help them feel welcome.
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Florida university system board chair questions medical school accreditor
In a new front in the state’s fight with traditional accreditors, Alan Levine asked why the group hadn’t spoken out against gender-affirming care for minors.
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Labouré College to close in August
After the Massachusetts institution ceases operations this summer, the nearby Curry College plans to absorb its nursing programs.
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How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?
Labouré College of Healthcare, in Massachusetts, said it would close in August following enrollment and financial challenges.
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Lourdes University in Ohio closing at end of academic year
Like many small Catholic institutions, it has wrestled with dwindling enrollment and rising financial pressures.
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Iowa lawmakers mull anti-DEI bills for private and public colleges
State legislators are considering a flurry of proposals this year that would more tightly regulate the higher education sector, including classroom instruction.
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Down 9.2%: Colleges see drop in new gifts to endowments
Colleges also tapped their endowments more in FY 2025, found the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund.
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Former OSU football coach alleges his gender doomed his harassment complaint
The lawsuit comes amid an apparent — and anticipated — focus on “reverse” discrimination cases.
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Week in review: Trump scores legal victory on anti-DEI orders
We’re rounding up recent news, from the U.S. Department of Justice suing Harvard University to the latest figures on college endowment returns.
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Providence Christian College to close at end of academic year
The leader of the California institution blamed the closure on factors like enrollment troubles, accreditation woes and rising costs.
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‘We’re now seeing the results’: Education Department officials tout FAFSA progress
Satisfaction is up and wait times are short, an agency official told the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ legislative conference.
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Accreditor takes North Idaho College off probation
The institution experienced years of leadership and governance turmoil. Now its enrollment is rising and operations are stabilizing, the college says.
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Trump secures legal victory on anti-DEI directives
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let two executive orders stand that target diversity, equity inclusion in the higher education sector and elsewhere.
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Defense Department cuts academic ties with Harvard
The Pentagon no longer plans to sponsor studies of military service members at the Ivy League institution as the Trump administration presses its feud with the university.
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OpinionFour ways chief online learning officers can move innovation forward
As demand for online learning grows, these leaders must innovate to ensure digital education keeps pace with the changing needs of an institution, one expert writes.
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Education Department doubles down on anti-DEI efforts
The agency said it would continue to target DEI programs “with or without” a policy letter that set its interpretation of Title VI but was blocked in court.
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Federal judge dismisses antitrust allegations against top publishers
Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Wiley, Sage Publications, Taylor & Francis, and Springer Nature scored a win for their peer review and submission policies.
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Santa Monica College approves dozens of layoffs to target shortfalls
The California public institution is struggling with a persistent structural deficit as well as recent and long-term enrollment declines.
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‘Shifting, false, and nonsensical’: Former Texas A&M professor sues over firing after viral video
Melissa McCoul alleged the university violated her First Amendment rights by succumbing to political pressure to terminate her over her course content.
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The top higher education conferences to attend in 2026
We’re sharing a list of major events to help college leaders and administrators plan their calendars.
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Lawsuit alleges Cornell ‘brazenly’ refused to consider White candidates for faculty job
Diversity, equity and inclusion administrators created an interview list consisting entirely of “minority” candidates, the complaint said.
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‘An urgent operational reality’: Southern Oregon University faces looming cash shortfall
The struggling regional institution has seen enrollment decline and is now trying to manage its expenses amid constrained revenue.
