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State Higher Ed Support May Have Hit a Ceiling
Funding rose slightly last year but could hit a ceiling as federal cuts put budgets in a bind. With tuition revenue dropping, public institutions may face difficult financial decisions.
How House Lawmakers Could Reshape Higher Ed
House committees put the finishing touches on their sections of the reconciliation megabill early this week. Now, all the pieces of the puzzle are laid out, and higher ed experts say the picture is grim.
FIRE: 600 Students Punished for Protected Speech Since 2020
The free speech watchdog’s new Students Under Fire report shows a shift in what speech is being targeted—and by whom—since Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Penn State Proposes 7 Campus Closures
Pennsylvania State University is weighing a plan to close seven of its 19 Commonwealth Campuses, which its governing board is...
Education Department Releases New Foreign Gifts Data
Foreign nations gave $290 million in gifts and donations to American institutions of higher education between last July and this...
Yeshiva University Ends New LGBTQ+ Club
Yeshiva University has reneged on plans to allow an LGBTQ+ club after agreeing to do so in a settlement agreement...
Amid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting.
Senate Dems Say Trump’s NIH Cuts Total $2.7B
During the first three months of this year, the National Institutes of Health cut $2.7 billion in grant funding compared...