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High-Stakes Policy Talks Shed Light on ED’s Playbook
In negotiating loan caps, a Pell Grant expansion and accountability measures, the Education Department made few concessions and yet secured unanimous agreement. Here’s how they did it.
Settlements Cost Higher Ed Hundreds of Millions in 2025
Closures, Mergers and Marriages—Oh My!
Now, even in this profoundly divided time, some leaders are realizing their institutions can be better together.
NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects
The Trump-overhauled National Endowment for the Humanities announced $75.1 million in grants. Western civilization, great books and other subjects conservatives support won big.
He Axed Tenured Faculty. He Could Now Help Republicans Cut Budgets Statewide
Kansas’s House speaker is planning to pay a former fraternity brother—and former Emporia State president—$50,000 for five months of consulting. His leadership of his own university was much criticized.
Athletics Makes List of Biggest Risks for Colleges
California College of the Arts to Close, Sell Campus to Vanderbilt
Nebraska Chancellor’s Hasty Exit Raises Questions
University of Nebraska–Lincoln chancellor Rodney Bennett left six months before his contract ended, with a $1.1 million exit package, amid faculty outrage over program cuts.