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A member of the Nobel committee holding up the prize as he announces the winners.

UC Nobel Prize Haul Sets Record, System Says

Five faculty members and researchers affiliated with the University of California system won a Nobel Prize this year, setting what...
President Donald Trump along with text from the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education that the administration released.

What to Know About Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed

Nine universities were asked to give “limited, targeted feedback” on the proposal by today. So far, six have rejected the deal.

A photo of the Widener Library at Harvard University.

Harvard Runs Deficit, Even as Endowment Grows Sharply

Harvard University ended fiscal year 2025 with a $113 million operating deficit, according to its annual financial report—the first such...
Cover of the book More Essential Than Ever with a headshot of one of the authors, Davis Jenkins, a light-skinned man with gray hair and glasses

The Next Phase of the Guided Pathways Movement

A new book charts a fresh way forward for the reform effort that’s rapidly spread among community colleges over the last decade to boost completion rates.

Graduates in blue robes and mortarboards. A young woman is in focus at the center of the frame.

Giving Credit Where It’s Overdue

Reverse transfer—the practice of awarding associate degrees for credit earned in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree—is beneficial for colleges, state workforces and the vast some college, no credit population. Why do so few students opt in?

UVA lawn in front of the Rotunda

UVA, Dartmouth Latest to Reject Trump’s Higher Ed Compact

The University of Virginia is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

US President Donald Trump walks down a hallway in the White House.

As Compact Deadline Nears, White House Meets With University Leaders

The meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal, including a joint statement from 36 higher ed groups.

A syllabus being torn by two different hands.

UNC Campuses Split on Whether Syllabi Are Public Documents

After the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill refused to proffer faculty course materials in response to an open-records request, UNC Greensboro officials made the opposite decision.