Trump administration investigates 9 universities over visa fraud claims

Many of the institutions named by Vice President JD Vance, including Stanford and Yale universities, said they comply with applicable visa laws.

By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 9, 2026

AAUP gets order over Jewish employee records at Penn ‘off the books’

Although the Trump administration backed off a subpoena, the faculty group won an appeal vacating a court order that instructed the university to comply.

By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 7, 2026

DHS sued over guidance restricting training program for international students

The Association of American Universities and other groups argued the agency has unlawfully narrowed the Curricular Practical Training program. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 7, 2026

DHS proposes $70K fee for initial OPT participation and $30K for extensions

Colleges would be on the hook for up to $100,000 in fees for each international student seeking to participate in Optional Practical Training. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 7, 2026

Education Department wants grantees to ‘defend the spend’

All recipients of grant funding from the agency will be required to have written justification for drawing down pre-approved funding, a recent memo said. 

By Kara Arundel • Oct. 6, 2026

EEOC sues Harvard to obtain hundreds of documents in DEI-related investigation

The university called the requests “virtually boundless” and said it has already provided 9,000-plus pages of responsive information, a court document shows.

By Laurel Kalser • Oct. 5, 2026

DHS appeals decision blocking 4-year cap on student visas

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is contesting a court ruling that put its new regulations on pause just one day before they would have taken effect.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 1, 2026

Trump targets $70M for international scholars in $810M funding clawback

The U.S. Government Accountability Office deemed the process used to pull the funding back is illegal, a stance it reasserted Tuesday.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 29, 2026

Education Department takes 2024 Title IX rule off the books

The move formalizes court decisions that had already blocked the Biden administration's anti-sex discrimination rule protecting LGBTQ+ students.

By Naaz Modan • Sept. 29, 2026

Federal advisory panel dodges decision on ABA’s accreditation arm

The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity was split on whether to recommend that the accrediting agency lose federal recognition.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 25, 2026

DOJ accuses UC San Francisco medical school of racial discrimination in admissions

The Trump administration has now accused five University of California campuses of illegally discriminating against White and Asian applicants.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 23, 2026

College athletics rack up millions in deficits as Senate eyes oversight bill

The congressional chamber could vote this week on the Protect College Sports Act, a proposal intended to stabilize the shifting collegiate landscape.

By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 22, 2026

Judge vacates anti-DEI directive that led to teacher training grant cuts

A federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Education’s edict and cancellation of hundreds of millions in funds for teacher training programs was unlawful.

By Anna Merod • Sept. 22, 2026

Researchers sue NIH alleging unconstitutional grant screening process

The plaintiffs accuse the agency of unlawfully scanning projects for hundreds of keywords to target work disfavored by the Trump administration. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2026

DHS proposes end to 60-day H-1B grace period, calling it a ‘burden’

The window currently allows visa holders to temporarily retain legal status in the U.S. while looking for a new job.

By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 16, 2026

4-year visa cap for international students halted by federal judge

U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor paused the highly contested rule just a day before it would have taken effect.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 15, 2026

IRS tax plan could imperil college finances, Moody’s says

If institutions lose their tax-exempt status over diversity efforts, they could face a loss of gifts and higher borrowing costs among other hits, analysts said.

By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 11, 2026

ABA revokes diversity standards in accreditation

Tuesday's vote follows more than a year of attacks by the Trump administration on the legal organization and its diversity work.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 9, 2026

Bipartisan House bill aims to stop outsourcing of some Education Department offices

The bill seeks to keep all special education, postsecondary, Native American, and elementary and secondary education activities within the agency.

By Kara Arundel • Sept. 4, 2026

Private colleges could lose tax-exempt status under new IRS proposal

If enacted, diversity work deemed illegal by President Donald Trump would disqualify colleges from federal tax exemption.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 3, 2026

Not enough students know about work-based learning opportunities

Proving the effectiveness of paths such as apprenticeships can help students know their options, writes an Urban Institute senior fellow. 

By Karen Gardiner • Sept. 3, 2026

Ohio State University settles DOJ allegations for $2.1M

The agency alleges the public institution, which did not admit wrongdoing, failed to disclose ties between its faculty and the Chinese government.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 1, 2026

Judge rules Trump policies deporting foreign students based on speech unconstitutional

“In the United States, freedom of speech belongs to the people,” U.S. District Judge Noël Wise said in her decision. “It is not the government’s to take.”

By Laura Spitalniak • Aug. 31, 2026

Week in review: Trump administration targets ABA’s accrediting arm

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from developments in high-profile court cases in higher education to artificial intelligence policies on campuses.

By Ben Unglesbee • Aug. 31, 2026

The colleges facing DOJ accusations of racial discrimination in admissions

The University of California, Los Angeles’ law and medical schools are now both facing Trump administration allegations of discrimination. 

Updated Oct. 2, 2026