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The company bet big on online education during the pandemic by purchasing edX, but the gamble didn’t pay off as the health crisis eased.

The Articulation of Credit Transfer project at CUNY found promising practices that could help students keep more credits — and financial aid.

The public university system’s president warned of a “distinct possibility” that the Trump administration would take further action against it.

The agency is temporarily rolling back administrative requirements as colleges grapple with an abridged financial aid timeline.

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.

Along with budget pressures from rising costs, the university has faced dozens of federal grant terminations, leading to another 83 job cuts.

Two leaders in the higher ed industry kick off the new year by rounding up 24 wins "for which the sector can be justly proud.”

More bridge programs between undergraduate and graduate studies can boost low-income students and students of color, according to Ithaka S+R.

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

A recent forecast dove deep into the demographics and number of future traditional-aged college prospects. The news wasn’t all bad.

The abrupt closure of most Education Corporation of America campuses has some 20,000 students seeking ways to finish programs or get financial relief.

A new analysis from Urban Institute researchers digs into how the regulatory plan would impact borrowers in income-driven repayment plans.

A new American Federation of Teachers survey documents the struggles contingent faculty face, including a lack of healthcare benefits and job security.

If signed into law, faculty at the state's public colleges would not be able to teach about subjects like antiracism and unconscious bias.

Grants to racial justice organizations and historically Black colleges and universities spiked by 341% between 2019 and 2020, research finds.

Robert Hughes of the Gates Foundation backed out in December, but the university says it is nearing the end of its search to replace James Milliken.

The deal, for $17.5 million in cash plus stock, gives the for-profit operator a platform to expand into other high-demand training verticals.

President Gregory Washington’s lawyer called the U.S. Department of Education's allegations of Title VI violations "a legal...

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference pushed back on arguments that the programs discriminate by establishing racial quotas.

Budget plan would incentivize college leaders to close equity gaps, reduce students' cost of attendance and align learning goals with workforce needs.

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

The Massachusetts private nonprofit is consolidating institutional services and reducing administrative ranks amid slowing enrollment growth.

A manager of the shop used staff and equipment to do work on behalf of a business he owned, according to a state auditor report.

The legislation requires institutions that violate the ban to report on the racial, geographic and financial diversity of their admitted students.

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

The group backed the Florida faculty suing the state over the law, which bans teaching certain aspects of race and gender at public colleges.

During a budget hearing, some Republicans indicated support for dismantling the agency, while Democrats panned the proposed cuts.

Discrimination against people with Zionist beliefs, such as denying their entry to open events, could violate the university’s policy.

Three-fourths of students from lower-income families worked by 2008, averaging 20 hours per week or more, a Brookings Institution report found.

Dan Greenstein oversaw a major consolidation of six of the Pennsylvania system’s universities that aimed to put them on better financial footing.

College leaders will likely grapple with budgetary strains, federal policy shifts and continued enrollment challenges in the year ahead.

The best window for consolidation is usually gone by the time colleges are deeply distressed, panelists at Higher Learning Commission’s conference said.

The Education Department will give colleges more time to gather data in light of the fraught financial aid cycle.

Before the policy shift, individual academic units could decide if they required such statements for hiring, promotion or tenure considerations.

Some colleges have already frozen hiring after the National Institutes of Health unveiled a policy to cap billions of dollars in funding for indirect research...

The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency...

The private institution is taking dramatic steps like pausing doctoral enrollment for several programs as it faces rising expenses and federal policy shifts.

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

The Roman Catholic institution in New York said it suffered from years of declining enrollment and pandemic-induced financial turbulence.

The public land-grant institution cited uncertainty around the future of both federal and state funding.

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