Emergency microgrants help students graduate quicker, with less debt

A retention grant program at Georgia State helped students who were close to graduating but had financial challenges, report finds.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 31, 2022

Watchdog fines loan servicer $1M as feds say more crackdowns could follow

Edfinancial Services said in a new statement it opted to settle with the federal government to avoid "protracted and costly litigation."

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated March 31, 2022

3 higher ed takeaways in Biden's $88.3B education budget for fiscal 2023

New proposal would hike the maximum Pell Grant, spend more on minority-serving institutions and fund workforce development at community colleges.

By Laura Spitalniak , Rick Seltzer • March 28, 2022

Months after plea, Bloomfield College will remain open with help from Montclair State U

The institutions are eyeing a merger after the private nonprofit MSI openly sought financial help amid pandemic-era enrollment declines.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 24, 2022

Adidas creates paid affiliate program for more than 50K student-athletes

The effort allows any eligible student-athlete at an Adidas-partnered NCAA Division I university to become a paid affiliate brand ambassador.

By Cara Salpini • March 24, 2022

Yale to settle wellness program opt-out fee suit for $1.2M

AARP, which represented the plaintiff, was previously engaged in a yearslong legal battle with EEOC over the nature of its wellness program regulations.

By Katie Clarey • March 21, 2022

Earmarks tally $703M and counting for higher ed

We identified at least 400 line items that will go to colleges across the U.S.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 18, 2022

What's in the 2022 budget for higher education?

President Joe Biden approved a $1.5 trillion spending package that includes $76.4 billion for the Education Department.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 16, 2022

Public research universities adopted high-tuition, high-aid model, study finds

The percentage of low-income students at top research institutions rises with tuition hikes, but they remain underrepresented, researchers found.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 15, 2022

North Carolina expands its $500 tuition program. Will it keep paying for it?

NC Promise adds Fayetteville State, overcoming resistance to lawmakers cutting HBCU tuition. State funding has so far compensated other colleges.

By Liz Farmer • March 15, 2022

Regional public colleges help build economic resilience in their areas, study finds

The research out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign speaks to the need to invest in these institutions, according to one of the co-authors.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 14, 2022

Higher ed needs a Pell-Serving Institution designation

Congress should encourage four-year colleges to educate more low-income students by paying more if they hit certain goals.

By Carlo Salerno • March 14, 2022

Arizona's public universities are divesting from Russia. Who will join us?

Divesting from Russian assets is a small risk worth taking because of its potentially deep impact, writes the chair-elect of the Arizona Board of Regents.

By Fred DuVal • March 11, 2022

AFT: Pandemic worsened adjunct faculty's struggles with low wages, job insecurity

About 25% of faculty surveyed in 2020 earned under $25,000 annually, and only 20% said they could comfortably cover basic monthly expenses.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 2, 2022

Ed Dept reminds colleges ISAs are private loans, subject to disclosure requirements

The agency drew attention to a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau review and said it would monitor institutions' income-share agreement activity.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 2, 2022

Colleges saw an increase in 2021 charitable contributions

Market growth, donor-advised funds and alumni giving fueled the increase, according to a new survey.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 23, 2022

Endowment returns ballooned to 30.6%, their highest level since 1983

But spending rates held steady amid concerns about inflation as 25-year returns hung just below their target.

By Rick Seltzer • Feb. 18, 2022

A decade after enrolling, 60% of college students earn more than high school graduates

But at 30% of colleges, a large number of students went on to earn less than high school graduates, according to new ROI data.

By Rick Seltzer • Feb. 15, 2022

5 state higher education budget proposals to watch

Many governors are seeking heavy increases in spending on public colleges, enabled by federal coronavirus aid that helped cushion state finances.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Feb. 14, 2022

Public colleges offer highest chance of positive ROI to students, report finds

The Bipartisan Policy Center also calls for better regulating colleges that repeatedly pose risks for students and taxpayers.

By Laura Spitalniak • Feb. 9, 2022

Higher Ed Dive’s 2022 Outlooks

Here are the trends and questions facing higher education that we're watching, from enrollment pressures to key court cases and for-profit colleges' future.

By Higher Ed Dive Staff • Feb. 8, 2022

CUNY permanently ends transcript withholding

The City University of New York joins its sister SUNY system in ending the practice after prodding by the state's governor.

By Rick Seltzer • Feb. 1, 2022

How the Ed Department is preparing for student loan payments to resume

Officials plan to smooth the transition after two years of suspended payment with outreach to at-risk borrowers and new flexibility.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 28, 2022

S&P raises view of higher ed sector for 2022, but colleges' fortunes are diverging

The ratings agency is taking a stable view of the U.S. higher education market in a new outlook but predicts "winners and losers across the industry."

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 26, 2022

Colleges will receive an additional $198M in federal coronavirus aid

The Biden administration said it is prioritizing community colleges and rural institutions with the new cash infusion.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 20, 2022