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Terrence J. Brooks
Terrence J. Brooks has been named the Rice University Office of Access and Institutional Excellenceâs new associate vice provost for campus engagement.
May 28, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of University of Alabama in Free Speech Rights Case
The University of Alabama did not violate studentsâ free speech rights when it shut down two university-sponsored magazines that catered to specific audiences based on race and sex, respectively, a federal judge has ruled.
May 28, 2026
Students
IHEP Analysis Details Impact to Students From SNAP, Pell Grant Funding Shortfalls
Two programs that serve as âcritical lifelinesâ â SNAP benefits and the Pell Grant â are in peril and could lead to lower college completion rates for students from low-income backgrounds if they arenât adequately funded, a new analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy states.
May 28, 2026
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Are More Than Workforce Engines, Stakeholders Say
Community colleges enroll nearly half of all undergraduates in the United States. They train nurses, electricians, cybersecurity analysts, and early childhood educators. They serve first-generation students, working adults, returning veterans, and displaced workers pivoting from industries that no longer exist. And increasingly, they are being asked to do all of it on a budget that was never designed to support this scale of ambition.
May 28, 2026
Community Colleges
Report Raises Quality Concerns for Online California Community College System Courses
About 40% of all classes in Californiaâs community college system are now online, but students say the quality of the courses is questionable and that counselors are often unavailable to help them choose the right ones, according to a new report.
May 27, 2026
Sports
Proposed Bill Would Shift College Sports Television Rights Landscape
A bipartisan bill announced Wednesday would create an antitrust exemption that allows schools and athletic conferences to sell television rights as one group.
May 27, 2026
On the Move
Belinda Sturm
Belinda Sturm has been named department head of the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.
May 27, 2026
Opinion
When Students Fall Through the Cracks, They Don't Just Lose a Degree, They Lose Everything
Missing from every graduating class is the student who started that academic journey and did not finish it. That student left campus quietly, without ceremony, carrying debt without the credential that was supposed to justify it. Their story does not appear in graduation programs. It shows up years later in default statistics â and that gap, between who we celebrate and who we leave behind, is one of the most consequential failures in American higher education today.
May 27, 2026
Leadership & Policy
The Blueprint for Banning DEI: How Texas Is Using Department Consolidation to Reshape Higher Ed
Some faculty members say it is a politically-motivated, top-down defunding of teaching and research that centers issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and citizenship.
May 27, 2026
Views
The Silencing of a Generation of Academics
Calls for academics to conduct more public scholarship have been ongoing for years, and have only gained momentum as universities seek to demonstrate the utility of academic research to society writ large. But the rise of authoritarian tendencies at the state and federal levels is exposing scholars to serious consequences for sharing or even conducting their work.
May 26, 2026
On the Move
Sandra B. Richtermeyer
Sandra B. Richtermeyer has been named president of Nevada State University.
May 26, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit Accuses University of Michigan of Using Private Security to Surveil Black, Muslim Student Activist
A sweeping civil rights lawsuit accuses the University of Michigan and its police department of a coordinated campaign of harassment and private surveillance against a prominent student activist, marking an escalation in the nationwide legal fallout over campus protest crackdowns.
May 26, 2026
Leadership & Policy
New Federal Accreditation Framework Set to Reshape Higher Ed Compliance
The Trump administrationâs sweeping new accreditation framework aims to dismantle campus diversity mandates and enforce protections for "intellectual diversity"âbut critics warn the overhaul could weaken academic accountability.
May 26, 2026
On the Move
Christy Swinson
Christy Swinson has been named associate dean of the School of Nursing at Fayetteville State University.
May 22, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls for GAO Investigation of Education Department Dismantling
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, called for the Government Accountability Office on Thursday to investigate whether the Trump administration's dismantling of the Department of Education is hindering the departmentâs ability to combat waste, fraud and abuse of student financial aid.
May 22, 2026
Home
Coalition of States Suing Education Department Over New âProfessionalâ Degree Rule
A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is suing the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule that they say unlawfully narrows the definition of a âprofessionalâ degree and thereby reduces student loan limits for people pursuing careers in fields that face critical shortages, court records show.
May 22, 2026
Institutions
New Compendium Examines Higher Ed Class Action Lawsuits
Colleges and universities in the U.S. are increasingly facing class action lawsuits due to a combination of factors that make them âuniquely suitedâ to be the targets of such litigation, according to a new compendium that examines the issues that are landing the institutions in court.
May 22, 2026
On the Move
Terrence L. Johnson
Terrence L. Johnson has been named dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
May 21, 2026
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