Education Under Secretary Nicholas Kent sent letters to two accreditors alleging that diversity, equity and inclusion practices in their standards conflict with federal law.

The Education Department is looking to speed up the process by which aspiring accreditors seek and receive federal recognition, announcing changes Thursday that could potentially help more agencies ga...

A new survey of college students contradicts Republican rhetoric that campus culture is hostile to right-wing views.

The Board of Trustees met Wednesday to discuss claims that Shaunda Richardson-Snell made inappropriate religious remarks to students and campus visitors. It sparked fierce debate among community membe...

The budget bill would also freeze tuition revenue, allow institutions to fire tenured faculty faster and develop plans to eliminate a tenth of positions and expenses from universities’ leadership offi...

If Congress doesn’t add money to the Federal Student Aid account by Sept. 30, students could face dramatic grant cuts or eligibility restrictions.

Democratic lawmakers pushed for several guardrails in an attempt to restrict how the White House doles out federal funds.

After some president–board drama at Morris Brown College, historically Black college leaders and experts are reviving discussions about how to stem leadership turnover.

College Democrats of North Carolina and some North Carolina students sued state and local election officials Tuesday in an effort to restore three early-voting sites on college campuses. Republican-co...

Newly unsealed court documents show that the federal government arrested and attempted to deport international scholars based solely on their pro-Palestinian activism.

Gov. Spanberger appointed 27 board members and signaled future governance changes. The new AG ousted campus lawyers and defended in-state tuition for undocumented students. And state lawmakers are pus...

The new Virginia governor quickly named 27 board picks, and multiple board members at the University of Virginia and George Mason University resigned under scrutiny.

One committee member abstained from the final vote, saying it was made clear that blocking consensus could put protections for students in undergraduate certificates at risk.

The Indiana Senate voted overwhelmingly against Trump's mid-decade redistricting push.

Reforming the accreditation process has been a key focus for the Trump administration.

NASCAR has settled an antitrust lawsuit with two race teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan.

The legal battle over whether Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin’s university board appointees will take their seats is over after a judge set a trial for 2026, Virginia Business reported. Governor-elec...

Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority

The Education Department is crafting regs to carry out a congressionally mandated earnings test for colleges. The contentious gainful-employment rule is also on the table.

The new members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity include some outspoken conservative voices.

The Big Ten is weighing a $2.4 billion private equity deal. But multiple trustees at member institutions say they aren’t getting enough information and the proposal has been rushed.

The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster.

Democrats are demanding answers over the University of Virginia president’s resignation and warning the board against signing a proposed federal compact.

The Lane Community College Board of Education apologized to President Stephanie Bulger at its Tuesday meeting for how members disrespected her on the basis of her race and sex, Lookout Eugene-Springfi...

Advocates condemned the proposal, which asked nine universities to overhaul admissions, hiring and speech policies and to suppress criticism of conservatives in exchange for more federal money.

Purdue University is ending its GEAR UP program after the Trump administration canceled a $34.9 million federal grant to support its activities, WFYI reported.

The new leader of the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges says he’s acting quickly as the organization tries to stem a potential exodus of institutional members.

A South Dakota district court judge ordered the University of South Dakota on Wednesday to reinstate Michael Hook, a tenured professor of art who was put on leave with an “intent to terminate” after h...

So far, 18 McNair program grants have been canceled. The Education Department says it will issue awards for the rest of them by the end of the month.

Authorities say there’s no evidence of foul play, but the student’s family and lawmakers are demanding more information. Black students and others nationwide are reeling from the news.

Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte, private institutions roughly two hours apart, announced Tuesday that they plan to merge, with more details to come in the next few months.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Axios he wants the federal government to get half the dollars generated from patents that universities and their researchers develop with federal funding, the ou...

Changing the interpretation of race-based discrimination, increasing flexibility within the college accreditation system and reworking the process to yank federal financial aid eligibility for the cer...

Brandon Creighton authored sweeping conservative higher ed legislation over the past few years. For the Texas Tech system board, that makes him an ideal leader.

Experts say the tactic is rather novel but anticipate the Trump administration will be using it more often.

The Board of Trustees at Florida Memorial University has split into factions. One group hired the university’s new permanent president.

Cash-strapped Metropolitan College of New York is planning to sell its Manhattan campus to the City University of New York for $40 million, a regulatory filing first reported by Bloomberg shows.

The last chair of the disbanded University Senate has left the University of Kentucky after UK agreed to pay her $375,000.

The public institution is one of several facing cuts to federal research funding over allegations related to antisemitism.

The long-standing practice of geographic recruitment is now under scrutiny by the Trump administration, which claims it can be unlawfully used as a proxy for race.

Stanford University plans to cut 363 jobs this fall, starting at the end of September, due to financial challenges driven by federal policy changes, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The U.S. Department of Education used to employ people whose job was to stop waste, fraud, and abuse. Now, almost all of their desks are empty.

The Justice Department is now investigating the Faculty Senate at George Mason University after the panel backed the university president and affirmed that “diversity is our strength,” The New York Ti...

Higher education legal experts shared three key takeaways with Inside Higher Ed.