Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review

The investigation into the Ivy League institution is the largest yet by the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 31, 2025

6 higher education experts reflect on COVID’s sectorwide influence

March marked the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic.

By Natalie Schwartz , Laura Spitalniak • March 29, 2025

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

This week in 5 numbers: University of Pennsylvania hit with $175M in stop-work orders

We’re rounding up recent stories, from another Ivy League college's federal funding woes to calls to increase the endowment taxes wealthy colleges pay.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 28, 2025

University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption

With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.

By Joe Burns • March 26, 2025

Navigating this moment: The urgency of mentorship

Mentorship is an essential strategy that addresses key milestones and challenges in the student life cycle, propelling career-ready students directly into the workforce.

By Laura H Doughty • March 24, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Education Department opens probes into over 50 colleges

We’re rounding up recent stories, from the agency launching new investigations to a court ruling lifting an injunction against orders targeting diversity efforts. 

By Natalie Schwartz • March 21, 2025

Trump signs order closing Education Department to ‘maximum extent appropriate’

The directive comes on the heels of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon's decision to gut half the agency as its "final mission.”

By Naaz Modan • Updated March 20, 2025

Columbia University faces ultimatum from Trump administration to keep federal funding

Federal officials told the Ivy League institution to remake its disciplinary process and suspend or expel some pro-Palestinian protesters by March 20.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 14, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Education Department puts 60 colleges on notice

We’re rounding up recent stories, from warnings to colleges about antisemitism probes to massive staff reductions at the U.S. Department of Education. 

By Natalie Schwartz • March 14, 2025

Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs

The shuttering of seven civil rights enforcement offices means thousands of cases impacting colleges in half the nation are up in the air.

By Naaz Modan • March 13, 2025

ABA faces DOJ wrath over law school diversity requirements

"Any requirement that law schools demonstrate 'a commitment to diversity' is deeply problematic," said Attorney General Pam Bondi.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 10, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Education Department adds detail to DEI guidance

We’re rounding up recent stories, from one agency appearing to ease recent guidance to a Christian college calling off a merger. 

By Natalie Schwartz • March 7, 2025

Education Department Q&A clarifies DEI restrictions

The agency's new document appeared to ease some of the strictest aspects of its February letter taking aim at colleges' diversity initiatives.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 3, 2025

Arizona bill to cut off state funding over college DEI courses gains traction

If signed into law, faculty at the state's public colleges would not be able to teach about subjects like antiracism and unconscious bias.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 28, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Why the UT System offers microcredentials for free

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a Texas system’s partnership with Coursera to a court ruling blocking major parts of anti-DEI executive orders.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 28, 2025

A surge of DEI cuts hits colleges across the US

Some colleges, like Ohio State University, are reversing their stances on diversity efforts as federal and state policymakers ratchet up the pressure.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 27, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Education Department’s DEI crackdown sparks outcry

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a letter attempting to prohibit colleges’ diversity initiatives to an analysis of graduates’ earnings over time. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 21, 2025

‘Another twisting of civil rights law’: Free speech group pans Education Department’s DEI guidance

The guidance threatens to pull federal funding from colleges that consider race in any of their programs and policies — not just admissions.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 18, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Court temporarily blocks NIH funding cuts

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a court ruling affecting a new National Institutes of Health policy to an increase in colleges with the coveted R1 status.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 14, 2025

Ohio Senate passes bill to ban DEI and faculty strikes at public colleges

The legislation would also establish post-tenure reviews and require all instructors to share their contact information and syllabi publicly.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 13, 2025

Which colleges gained R1 status under the revamped Carnegie Classifications?

Howard University, a historically Black college, gained the coveted designation, as did about three dozen other institutions.

By Lilah Burke • Feb. 13, 2025

$50K threshold for college foreign gift reporting passes House panel

The bill would lower the reporting floor from $250,000 and require a waiver for colleges to enter contracts with “countries of concern” like China and Russia.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 13, 2025

The latest roundup of DEI cuts across the country

From liberal arts colleges to massive public flagships, institutions of all kinds are moving to comply with changing federal expectations.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 12, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Trump bans transgender students from women’s sports

From an order threatening colleges’ federal funding to a shortfall in the Pell Grant program, here are figures from our latest stories.

By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 7, 2025

Higher education’s outlook for 2025

We’re rounding up the trends, policy changes and legal shifts that college and university leaders could face in the year ahead. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 31, 2025