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Latest News
As Federal Aid Shrinks, Community College Bachelor's Degrees Find a New Moment
Affordability pressures, workforce shortages, and shifting federal policy are accelerating an already growing movement to expand four-year options at two-year institutions.
May 20, 2026
Institutions
Flagship Universities Are Flailing
Even elite public flagships are facing mounting financial strain as enrollment declines, research funding shrinks and leaders grapple with how to avoid managing higher education’s fiscal crisis through short-term cuts alone.
May 19, 2026
Institutions
Law Schools the Latest Victims in Trump's Anti-DEI Crusade
The American Bar Association may repeal a longstanding diversity and inclusion standard amid concerns it runs afoul of the president's interpretation of the law.
May 18, 2026
Latest News
Investigation Finds Illinois Colleges Falling Short on Shielding Undocumented Students
Most public colleges and universities in Illinois are failing to fully comply with a new state law that requires the schools have protocols on what to do if immigration agents show up on campus and to provide information to students on how to respond, a Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation has found.
May 14, 2026
AI
Universities Are Betting Big on AI — and Some Are Already Cashing In
Decades of dwindling state and federal appropriations have led to a generation of endowment managers who behave more like venture capitalists than traditional institutional stewards in order to fill the gap that public disinvestment has left behind.
May 14, 2026
Latest News
Colorado Lawmakers Propose Cutting State Aid and Work-Study for Private Colleges
Leaders of private colleges are speaking out against the bill, saying it will negatively affect Colorado’s neediest students.
May 12, 2026
Home
New HBCU Coalition Aims to Fast-Track Institutions to R1 Status
The coalition is being funded by a three-year, $1 million grant from the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative.
May 12, 2026
HBCUs
Bowie State University to Cut 79 Positions
The positions will be cut through vacancies, reorganization and layoffs. The cuts come as the public, suburban HBCU — which serves just over 5,000 undergraduates — faces an estimated fiscal 2027 shortfall of about $18 million.
May 8, 2026
Institutions
Education Department Targets Smith College in Expanding Title IX Fight
The probe is the Trump administration's latest move in an overall pattern of rolling back inclusion efforts for marginalized groups.
May 5, 2026
Institutions
St. Augustine's University Files For Bankruptcy
In addition to filing for bankruptcy, St. Augustine’s also stated that it would end a legal battle to preserve its accreditation, which is set to end May 15.
April 30, 2026
Community Colleges
The Quiet Revolution: Community Colleges Are Training America's AI Workforce
From a landmark Google partnership covering 2.1 million California students to a first-of-its-kind AI bachelor’s degree at an Arizona community college, the sector is moving with urgency.
April 29, 2026
Institutions
UW-Madison to Launch Standalone College of Computing and AI
The move represents the first time in 43 years that the university has established a new academic division.
April 28, 2026
Latinx
The $4.4 Trillion Opportunity: Why Closing California’s Education Gap is the Ultimate Investment
Hispanic and Latino Californians, who currently hold some of the state’s lowest attainment rates, account for $4.2 trillion of the projected impact alone.
April 28, 2026
Institutions
Low Birth Rates and Declining Enrollments Are Shuttering Small Colleges
Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass. will close at the end of this semester, marking the latest in a series of New England institutions shutting their doors.
April 27, 2026
Institutions
Emory Law Criticized for Delayed Response to Student’s Violent Rhetoric
The expulsion came after students publicly complained that school officials were not sharing enough information or taking decisive action to ensure the safety of students for months.
April 24, 2026
HBCUs
Audit Finds "Lack of Controls" at North Carolina A&T Led to $780K in Preferential Payouts
The money came from $5 million in administrative “recovery” funds that were improperly used for student financial aid, the report states.
April 24, 2026
Institutions
Everett Community College Delays $38M Baker Hall Rebuild Amid Rising Construction Costs
This is not a localized issue of a single "obsolete" building in Washington; it is a systemic failure where structural underinvestment is forcing institutions to sacrifice the academic spaces of the future as they manage the decay of the past.
April 23, 2026
Latest News
Inside the Adult Education Fraud Probe at Danville Area Community College
The case reveals a bigger problem: programs that depend on outcome metrics to secure future funding face a constant incentive to manipulate the numbers or restrict access for learners who are unlikely to move them in the right direction.
April 23, 2026
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