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Few Changes Planned to Foreign Gift Reporting Requirements
The Biden administration is largely sticking with Trump-era requirements that outline how colleges should disclose foreign gifts of more than $250,000. Higher education associations had urged the department to rethink its approach.
The Political Trials of a Southern Accreditor
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has been a frequent target in the partisan fight over higher ed. Its struggles could hold lessons for other agencies under lawmakers’ scrutiny.
N.Y. Higher Ed Leaders Celebrate ‘Transformational’ Budget
Trump’s ‘Secret Weapon’? College Accreditation
Accreditors said the plan was not practical and represented a shift for the former president. The issue of accreditation has become the subject of much debate between the two leading Republicans eyeing the presidency in 2024.
Slimming Down to Stay Afloat
Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere.
A Revised Second-Chance Pell Experiment
Students in prison will be able to access the Pell Grant when new rules take effect this summer as part of a revised pilot program.
A Critique of ‘Principled Neutrality’
Vanderbilt’s chancellor thinks academic leaders should stay out of politics—but the ongoing assaults on rights and freedoms emanating from the Tennessee Legislature show the limits of that stance, Brian L. Heuser writes.
Higher Ed in Today’s Political Climate: Key Podcast
Terry Hartle, longtime lobbyist, discusses partisanship, public concerns about value and ideological imbalance, and more.