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Hearing Spotlights Concerns Heading Into Rule Making for ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

College leaders, students and advocates weighed in on which degree programs should face certain loan caps and how to hold certificate programs accountable, among other issues.

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With Half a Billion in Funding in Jeopardy, UC Will ‘Dialogue’ With DOJ

Given a week to decide, the University of California system has agreed to negotiate with the Justice Department over alleged civil rights violations. What’s less clear is what the government’s demands will be.

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U of Utah Plans to Ax 81 Programs, Minors, Citing New State Law

The University of Utah plans to eliminate 81 academic programs and minors—a step that administrators attribute to a new state...
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How Trump Forced Cuts at Wealthy Universities

Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments.

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The ‘Death Spiral’ of Deferred Maintenance

A majority of colleges and universities were poised to fund less than a quarter of deferred maintenance needs last fiscal year, an IHE survey finds. Experts warn the backlog represents a growing enrollment risk.

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Stanford Plans to Cut 363 Jobs

Stanford University plans to cut 363 jobs this fall, starting at the end of September, due to financial challenges driven...
People walk on the plaza outside Royce Hall, the site of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests, on the UCLA campus.

With Grant Cuts, DOJ and Trump Are Pressuring UCLA to Make Deal

Like it did for prestigious private universities, the administration has cut off federal grants for UCLA, alleging it failed to address antisemitism. The UC system must tell the DOJ by today whether it wants to negotiate.

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Higher Ed Lobbying Spending Rises

Top research universities increased lobbying expenditures in the second quarter ahead of the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which brought changes for the sector.