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    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 • March 21, 2025
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    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
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    Mental Health and Wellness

    This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    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 • March 14, 2025
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    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 • March 14, 2025
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    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
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    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 • March 10, 2025
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    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 • March 7, 2025
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    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 • March 3, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 28, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 28, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 27, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 21, 2025
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    ‘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 • Feb. 18, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 14, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 13, 2025
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    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
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    $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 • Feb. 13, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 12, 2025
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    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 • Feb. 7, 2025
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    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 • Jan. 31, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: The coming decline of high school graduate numbers

    From a look into projected demographic changes to another attack on diversity programs, here are figures from some of our recent stories. 

    By • Jan. 31, 2025
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    North Carolina AG’s office raises ‘red flags’ about Saint Augustine’s $70M deal

    The concerns could imperil a financial lifeline the historically Black institution needs to prove that it can meet its accreditor’s requirements.

    By • Jan. 29, 2025
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    How Stony Brook University got students off academic probation

    Leaders from the public college unveiled the results at the American Association of Colleges and Universities' conference in Washington, D.C.

    By • Jan. 23, 2025
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    Biden administration opened ‘new chapter’ on college financing, Kvaal says

    In his final days in office, U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal touts the Biden administration's track record on student loan reform.

    By James Kvaal • Jan. 17, 2025
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    This week in numbers: Clearinghouse retracts first-year enrollment data

    We’re rounding up recent stories, including a methodology mea culpa and billions of dollars in discharged loan debt.

    By • Jan. 17, 2025