Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes

The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.

By Ben Unglesbee • Dec. 5, 2025

[Podcast] EdTech Evolution

Explore how digital tools are transforming accessibility and engagement in today’s evolving higher ed landscape.

By Higher Ed Dive's studioID • Dec. 4, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence

As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Education Department outsourcing is unlawful, amended lawsuit alleges

The agency said the move is meant to improve efficiencies for higher education and K-12 funding and services.

By Kara Arundel • Dec. 2, 2025

What’s in Northwestern University’s deal with the Trump administration?

The Illinois institution agreed to pay the federal government $75 million over three years and make key policy changes to have research funding restored.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 1, 2025

Education Department seeks delay in landmark borrower defense settlement

The agency said it needs more time to decide claims for nearly 200,000 borrowers who were promised decisions by January — or automatic relief. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 26, 2025

New international enrollment dipped this fall, NAFSA survey finds

The poll is the second released this month to show significant declines, especially in new foreign graduate students coming to the U.S.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 26, 2025

Texas A&M committee sides with professor fired amid conservative furor

The interim leader of the public university will review the nonbinding report and make "a decision in the coming days or weeks," a spokesperson said.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 25, 2025

EEOC asks court to force Penn response in antisemitism probe

The Ivy League institution allegedly failed to comply with a September deadline to produce requested information, a claim denied by a university spokesperson.

By Ryan Golden • Nov. 25, 2025

Higher education outlook remains negative for 2026, Moody’s says

Enrollment, political and cost pressures abound and will stick around in the new year, analysts said in a recent report.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 21, 2025

St. Augustine’s expresses interest in Trump compact — with big caveats

The North Carolina college said it wants to “participate in and help shape” the deal, in part to get "mission-sensitive accommodations" for HBCUs like itself.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 20, 2025

Democrats warn feds against selling student loans to private market

Over 40 congressional lawmakers told Trump administration officials that transferring debt ownership could strip borrowers of their protections.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 18, 2025

Education Department outsources program management to other agencies

Interagency agreements will shift management of six department programs, including certain grants for higher education institutions, to other agencies.

By Kara Arundel • Nov. 18, 2025

Texas v. Texas: State AG sues higher ed board over work-study programs

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the state law requiring employers to offer students nonsectarian work unconstitutional and "anti-Christian."

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 18, 2025

Feds cannot withhold funding from UC system amid lawsuit, judge rules

The Trump administration has routinely used civil rights probes to force colleges “to change their ideological tune,” U.S. District Judge Rita Lin wrote.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 17, 2025

International students in US up 4.5% in 2024-25 — but warning signs loom

U.S. colleges enrolled more foreign students than ever before in the last academic year. But newly surveyed colleges say that enrollment is now falling.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 17, 2025

Spanberger urges UVA to pause presidential search until she takes office

Virginia’s governor-elect raised concerns about the legitimacy of any decisions the state flagship’s board makes while lacking five appointees.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 13, 2025

Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection

The plan would exclude two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that award financial aid solely based on need.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 13, 2025

What college leaders should know about the $100K H-1B visa fee

One higher education expert suggested leaders educate local and federal lawmakers about the “adverse impact” of the new policy. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 11, 2025

Big university endowments grew 11.5% in FY25, TIFF says

Funds valued over $1 billion enjoyed a second year of double-digit returns, but increased taxes will weigh on many starting next year.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 10, 2025

Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding

The agreement, which ends multiple federal investigations into the university, also requires it to report extensive undergraduate admissions data quarterly.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 7, 2025

‘End of an era’: Experts warn research executive order could stifle scientific innovation

The directive gives President Donald Trump’s political appointees oversight of grant awards to align them with the administration’s priorities.

By Danielle McLean • Nov. 3, 2025

Virginia lawmakers call for audit of UVA’s Justice Department deal

Two Democratic leaders of the Virginia Senate said the public university’s deal with the Trump administration could violate both state law and the Constitution.

By Laura Spitalniak • Oct. 30, 2025

Education Department tightens debt relief program for public servants

A new rule will bar organizations deemed to have a “substantial illegal purpose” from participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 30, 2025

The legal debate over Trump’s Title VI campus crackdown

Recent enforcement actions have set off high-stakes arguments about whether the federal government is weaponizing the civil rights law.

By David Weisenfeld • Oct. 30, 2025

Higher ed groups push for colleges to be exempt from $100K H-1B visa fee

The American Council on Education led a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that argues these visa holders perform vital work. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 29, 2025