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Accreditors Launch Efforts to Endorse Short-Term Credential Providers
Searching for Compromise on Student Loan Caps
Talks over which graduate programs qualify for more loans resume next week. The Education Department and higher ed negotiators remain far apart on the best solution.
Using an Anti-KKK Law to End a Black-Only Scholarship
Citing the KKK Act of 1871, the Pacific Legal Foundation and another anti–affirmative action group sued to end a race-restricted scholarship at UC San Diego. Now, the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund has been renamed.
Trump’s DEI Crackdown Closes 120 TRIO Programs
Multiple programs had their grants terminated for saying they hoped to enroll roughly equal numbers of male and female students, leaving high schoolers without college-access resources at the start of the admissions cycle.
Mourning the End of an Institute Focused on Transfer Students
University of North Georgia says it can no longer afford to maintain the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students. Advocates worry about losing decades of research, resources and support.
The Enrollment Cliff Is Worse Than We Think
The challenge is far greater if we pay attention to college-readiness data.
Black, Latino, International Student Populations Decline at Harvard
How Universities Are Responding to Trump’s Compact
The document would require signatories to make sweeping changes to policies and practices. A number of institutions have already said no, and more responses are expected.