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https://www.highereddive.com/news/biden-administration-opened-new-chapter-on-college-financing-kvaal-says/737723/
Biden administration opened ‘new chapter’ on college financing, Kvaal says | Higher Ed Dive
In his final days in office, U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal touts the Biden administration's track record on student loan reform.
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https://www.highereddive.com/news/wvu--faculty-involvement-academic-cuts-aaup/691307/
WVU must involve faculty when making academic cuts, AAUP says | Higher Ed Dive
The organization criticized a lack of faculty input in the university's decision-making and urged leadership to affirm its dedication to shared governance.
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https://www.highereddive.com/news/pittsburgh-technical-closure-danger-msche-triangle-tech-shutting-down/718504/
Pittsburgh Technical in ‘imminent’ danger of closing, MSCHE says | Higher Ed Dive
The notice came just days after Triangle Tech, a for-profit trade college in the area, announced it would shut down.
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https://www.highereddive.com/news/kansas-governor-must-veto-anti-dei-college-bill-pen-america-says/816903/
Kansas governor must veto anti-DEI college bill, PEN America says | Higher Ed Dive
Conservative lawmakers added a ban on required "DEI-CRT" courses to the state's budget package, which now sits on Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk.
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https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-03-17/american-enterprise-institute-paxson
Data on cost, political inclusion counters negative higher ed narrative, Brown president says at...
American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Frederick M. Hess and Brown President Christina H. Paxson discussed the future of higher education in a...
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https://www.highereddive.com/news/medaille-university-trocaire-college-acquisition-called-off/650211/
Medaille University says acquisition is off, raising concerns about its future | Higher Ed Dive
Trocaire College had planned to absorb the struggling university. At least two private colleges shut down last year after their own mergers collapsed.
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https://www.highereddive.com/news/5th-circuit-blocks-borrower-defense-education-department-for-profit-colleges/712583/
Federal court blocks borrower defense rules, says legal challenge will likely succeed | Higher Ed...
An appellate panel wrote that the regulations upend decades of regulatory practice. But one student advocate called the ruling “exactly backwards.”
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