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OPMs are having a rocky time. Is a ‘culling of the herd’ next?

Regulatory and enrollment changes heap pressure on online program managers. What happens next matters for the companies and colleges.

While students may have moved past COVID-19, housing operators still take precautions

Campus life is nearly back to normal, but supply chain and health issues continue.

Yeshiva University shelves undergraduate clubs instead of recognizing LGBTQ group during legal battle

University leaders say they suspended clubs as they follow U.S. Supreme Court instructions for appealing a New York court's order.

5 trends in upward transfer that 4-year colleges should watch

We took a closer look at National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data to tease out what could most impact four-year institutions.

Students still value career-oriented education over liberal arts experiences, research finds

Liberal arts colleges need to do more to stake out their market position, according to consultancy Art & Science Group.

We agree with the surgeon general. The door to fixing college mental health is cracked, and it’s time to blow it open.

Two Lumina Foundation leaders take up Vivek Murthy's call to expand counseling services and address loneliness among college students.

Gates Foundation pours $100M into college transformation effort

The five-year commitment flows through six intermediary organizations, which the foundation says is an evolution in its approach to grant-making.

House Democrats introduce bill to double Pell Grant, rework federal loan system

The plan, which comes as Republicans plug their own legislative proposal for student aid, would also change the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Florida’s state university system picked its next chancellor. He’s a Republican lawmaker with ties to the governor.

Retiring state Sen. Ray Rodrigues received unanimous support from the system's board.

Justice Department appeals federal ruling against Title IX guidance

The order against the Education Department’s policies protecting LGBTQ students applies to 20 predominantly conservative states.

The public comment period for Biden’s Title IX proposal is over. What’s next?

The draft received more than 200,000 comments, about double the number received for the rule Betsy DeVos moved through the regulatory process.

Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club for now after Supreme Court backs out of case

Justices voted 5-4 to stop blocking a New York court order while the university appeals in the state. But the case could return to the Supreme Court soon.

Attempt to oust President Samuel Stanley thrusts Michigan State back into turmoil

The president defended his tenure amid reports some trustees want him out. He would be the university's third leader ousted in under six years.

What colleges should do to keep degrees from being segregated

Students enter college with majors split by race and gender. They graduate the same way, a Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality report said.

2-year Chatfield College to close, transition to student support nonprofit

The Catholic institution in Ohio pointed to enrollment challenges accelerated by the spread of the coronavirus.

How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?

We've added plans to turn Chatfield College into a nonprofit focused on degree attainment — the first Ohio closure we've counted since 2020.

Updated Sept. 13, 2022

Lawsuit seeks ouster of Seattle Pacific trustees, interim president over anti-LGBTQ hiring policy

Leaders breach fiduciary duty with a policy that violates Washington law, plaintiffs allege in another case involving a religious college and LGBTQ rights.

Even with record occupancies, most student off-campus housing turns go smoothly this year

Many operators have applied lessons learned during the pandemic to make the process successful as students return in force to off-campus housing.

Transfer enrollment declined 13.5% since the pandemic started

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that transfer enrollment had declined twice as much as nontransfer enrollment. 

U.S. News rankings don’t ding colleges for lacking SAT and ACT data in nod to test-optional growth

Class rank, graduation rates take over in new listings if colleges had few test scores submitted. U.S. News won't commit to keeping the change next year.

Supreme Court says Yeshiva University does not have to recognize LGBTQ student club for now

The move blocked a June order from a New York court but doesn't end a case at the intersection of human rights law and First Amendment protections.

Education Department plan to squash sham nonprofit conversions draws mixed response

Agency officials want to prevent for-profit colleges from becoming nonprofits in name only, but policy experts don’t agree on proposed rules.  

The accreditation system is seriously flawed. Here’s what needs to change.

Two former public members for a regional accreditor advocate for accrediting agencies to set student outcomes institutions must achieve.

Colleges don’t have to report hazing episodes in annual security reports. Lawmakers want to change that.

Advocacy is ramping up around a federal bill, the REACH Act, which would also require institutions to construct hazing prevention programs.

Short-Term Pell didn’t make it into August’s CHIPS Act. Where does it go from here?

Several paths remain for expanding Pell Grants to programs as short as eight weeks, but they're unlikely, especially before November's midterms.