State Policy

States awarded $18.6 billion in aid to students during the 2023–24 academic year, a 12 percent increase from the previous...

Texas governor Greg Abbott picked a regent from Texas Southern University to serve as the state’s first higher ed ombudsman...

As some states move to regulate public colleges more like K–12 schools, we may be witnessing the start of an epic natural experiment in governance, Neal H. Hutchens writes.

By Neal H. Hutchens

Multiple institutions axed jobs and programs last month due to a mix of factors, but the deepest cuts came at Washington University in St. Louis, which has a $12 billion endowment.

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

The Texas Supreme Court has issued a tentative opinion that the American Bar Association “should no longer have the final...

As the Trump administration looks to merge career and technical education services between the Departments of Education and Labor, Inside Higher Ed spoke with Missouri state officials who underwent a similar process.

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education agreed to terminate its offering of in-state tuition to undocumented students, according to a...