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    Financial aid administrators report disruptions since Education Department layoffs

    A new survey shows “federal support channels for students are breaking down,” the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators said. 

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Utah State University to face state audit amid concerns about former leader’s spending

    An initial review raised concerns about the public institution’s “governance, leadership, and culture of policy noncompliance.”

    By • Aug. 20, 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
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    State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year

    A spokesperson said 200 to 300 of the revocations were over support for terrorism, a common Trump administration claim against international students.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    FTC drops lawsuit against Grand Canyon Education

    The move ends almost two years of litigation over allegations that the company deceived Grand Canyon University students about doctoral program costs.

    By • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Saint Augustine’s University brings its accreditation back from the brink — again

    The private nonprofit will operate as an accredited institution this semester, thanks to a preliminary injunction issued on Friday.

    By • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Week in review: Details emerge on plans to collect new admissions data

    We're rounding up last week's stories, from the Trump administration's plans to gather new applicant info to another antitrust lawsuit against top colleges.

    By • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Federal judge stands by order requiring OCR be restored

    The Trump administration is appealing Judge Myong Joun’s decision requiring the Office for Civil Rights to revert to “the status quo.”

    By Naaz Modan • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance struck down in federal court

    A federal judge ruled that the agency didn’t follow the right steps to issue the Feb. 14 letter and that it violated free speech and due process rights.

    By • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Education Department details plans to collect applicant data by race, sex

    The proposed change to IPEDS reporting, in line with a recent Trump administration memo, could add over 740,000 hours to higher ed’s workload.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    Federal judge declines to block Alabama anti-DEI law

    The ruling deals a blow to the college faculty and student plaintiffs who argue the legislation violates free speech rights by restricting classroom instruction.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions

    The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Judge orders NSF to restore cut funding to UCLA

    A federal court found that the agency violated a previous order to reinstate research grants terminated by the Trump administration.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Students for Fair Admissions drops lawsuits against West Point, Air Force Academy

    The anti-affirmative action group has found an ally in the Trump administration, which barred race-conscious admissions in the nation’s military academies. 

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Iowa board approves course policy change after stripping anti-DEI references

    The original proposal would have barred public universities from requiring classes with “substantial content" on diversity, equity and inclusion.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    DOJ sets sights on George Washington University

    The Justice Department accused the university of being “deliberately indifferent” to antisemitism on its Washington, D.C., campus.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    32 colleges accused of using early decision to drive up costs

    The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, alleged the practice also allows colleges to offer less financial aid to their students.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    Iowa board reworks anti-DEI course policy proposal following pushback

    The original language sought to restrict the state's three public universities from requiring classes that teach "substantial content that conveys DEI or CRT.”

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    $584M on the line as University of California agrees to negotiate with Trump administration

    James Milliken, president of the university system, pushed back on the federal funding cuts at UCLA, saying they do “nothing to address antisemitism.”

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Trump issues directives on college admissions data and research grants

    Together, the orders set up the administration to exert more control over who institutions enroll and which grants are funded.

    By • Updated Aug. 7, 2025
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    ‘You could be next’: Stanford student newspaper sues over federal attacks on foreign students

    The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which is representing the plaintiffs, said targeting learners based on speech violates their rights.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    University of Utah board moves to cut 81 academic programs

    The planned eliminations are in response to a new state law ordering public colleges to cut certain academic offerings and invest in high-demand fields. 

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    Trump administration illegally axed NIH grants, government watchdog says

    The U.S. Government Accountability Office can file a lawsuit in an attempt to restore the grants, though the agency has not yet opted to do so.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 7, 2025
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    Higher ed groups ask Supreme Court to preserve lower court order to restore NIH grants

    The Trump administration has asked the high court to pause the June ruling against the National Institutes of Health’s mass award cancellations. 

    By • Aug. 5, 2025
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    ‘You are college-ready’: Direct admissions comes to Alabama

    Nearly 40 public and private institutions are participating, and many will include merit-based scholarships with their fall 2026 acceptance offers.

    By • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Week in review: Trump administration policies hit colleges’ pocketbooks

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the federal government’s new probes and deals to the impact of policy shifts on the higher education sector.

    By • Aug. 4, 2025