The data marks the third year since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race as a factor of consideration in college applications.

Last year, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act created the first nationwide federal private school voucher program...

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

Three current and former Harvard researchers are heading north to Canadian universities as part of a sweeping $1.21 billion government effort to recruit top academic talent, with two citing instabilit...

The AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure advises faculty, staff, students, and administrators to “remain clear eyed about the need to refuse to comply” with the latest Trump administratio...

Use the Voter Search, aka the “voter lookup,” to check your registration status, party affiliation, sample ballot, polling place, election districts, and more.

The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning after less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking.

Many schools will resort to laying off faculty, cutting services and increasing prices

Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture.

UNC Students described scenes of panic after a man entered Greenlaw Hall during an event hosted by Black student organizations.

The state has pioneered ways to help these students attend college and use their degrees after graduation. But with the federal crackdown, some still struggle to see the point of pursuing higher educa...

Far-right activists have flooded a local school board in North Carolina for hiring a transgender teacher.

Federal officials are reversing long-held positions in court cases on the rights of people with disabilities to access community-based services, fueling concerns of a return to institutionalization.

In the letter, the University of North Carolina system said students can be required to disclose their use of the technology — while not disclosing its own.

As the screen time debate continues, the commission seeks comments on whether the 30-year-old E-Rate program should be ‘limited or sunset.’

A former Justice Department civil rights attorney accused Trump administration officials of predetermining the outcomes of antisemitism investigations into Harvard and other universities and pursuing ...

A district court judge dismissed the Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard on Thursday, concluding that the discrimination pointed to by the government was “too isolated and epis...

From health screenings to low adult-child ratios, Head Start's ‘gold-standard’ quality could be at risk under sweeping HHS proposal.

A plan to eliminate the American Bar Association’s longstanding diversity, inclusion and equity requirement for law schools hit a snag Tuesday when the organization’s policy-making body rejected the c...

NACAC Advocacy and Policy Updates for August 4, 2026 By: Sean Robins Welcome to this issue of the Advocacy Update. Federal policy does not stop when Congress leaves Washington, D.C. — and neither do...

Investigators at the college vet every admitted student’s application as schools nationwide battle AI-fueled cheating.

The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...

The president has said he wants to eliminate the Education Department while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

The Justice Department says Harvard may have favored Chinese students with China-linked aid. But only about $4 million in disclosed gifts explicitly names Chinese or Hong Kong students.

There is so much government repression happening that I cannot begin to summarize it.

Since the College Board began changing its grading criteria for Advanced Placement exams, scores have climbed rapidly.

Northwestern University is ending a long-running scholarship program for promising students from diverse backgrounds.

Democrats join Republicans in skepticism as a new poll shows the drop in support beyond other institutions continues.

International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.

‘We need to ensure that our students actually learn to think critically,’ university administrators say

More than 30,000 public comments helped derail an HHS proposal that threatened funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth.

Key parts of Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul are being targeted in ongoing lawsuits, including the elimination of SAVE and limits to PSLF.

Florida International University has asked the protesters to submit two-minute videos showing they understand the restrictions on indoor demonstrations. Experts say the policy and the punishment are l...

The national faculty group, alongside a local affiliate, asked a judge to block the directives and rule them unconstitutional.

Professors say Texas Tech’s course content crackdown has chilled classrooms across the system, from law school to medical training.

The decision from a divided 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit is a devastating, possibly final blow to the so-called Stop WOKE act touted by the DeSantis administration.

For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW. Linda Upperman Smith said the way the university wanted to rewrite the language around the application ...

Between historical revisionism and higher ed reform, this week speaks to the tensions in our country and marks a historical moment for the sector, one we’re still trying to understand.

A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some othe...

It’s women.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed...

The public university praised Gregory Washington, who came under fire last year from the federal government over his support for diversity initiatives.

NACAC Advocacy and Policy Updates for June 23, 2026 By: Sean Robins Welcome to this issue of the Advocacy Update. As millions of people around the world tune in to the FIFA World Cup this summer, th...