After more than two decades at the helm of the United Negro College Fund, Michael L. Lomax looks back at his career advocating for historically Black colleges and universities.

Community colleges’ student outcomes soared under a new performance-based funding model. But Texas lawmakers didn’t budget for so much success.

A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars.

The historically Black university is barring students from wearing bonnets or du-rags in classes or the campus dining hall. The move has polarized opinions on and off campus.

The state’s tuition waiver program for Native American students has been touted as a success. But Nevada higher ed system leaders say state funding hasn’t kept up with the demand for the program.

Starting in fall 2027, students need to meet a set of academic requirements to get free meals and other supports. College leaders say the move will increase completion rates. But basic needs experts a...

Starting in fall 2027, students need to meet a set of academic requirements to get free meals, housing help and other supports. College leaders say the move will increase completion rates. But basic n...

As states work to implement the new policy, only a trickle of programs have qualified. But experts say it’s too early to tell Workforce Pell’s full impact.

For decades, the Office for Civil Rights investigated whether educational institutions’ policies disparately impacted minority groups in discriminatory ways. Not anymore.

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The state added the BSI designation two years ago. Now, new research reveals heartening numbers on Black student attainment, as well as some areas for improvement.

For years, major rabbinical schools saw head counts dwindle. Now some are welcoming large incoming classes after creating new pipelines to the rabbinate.

The United Methodist Church has moved toward LGBTQ+ inclusion in recent years. Asbury Theological Seminary has not. The church decided their differences were irreconcilable.

Gaby Pacheco, president and CEO of the TheDream.US, says the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has had an outsize impact on immigrant students since it was announced 14 years ago. But tod...

Colleges and funders are replacing race-based scholarships with race-neutral alternatives as the Trump administration targets these programs, raising questions about their future.

Laws that allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition have been targeted by the Trump administration. Two recent federal rulings offer a glimpse into how the wider legal battle is playing out.

Two-year colleges are calling for a funding increase for a National Science Foundation workforce program. They worry rapid-fire changes at the NSF could hamper the program’s positive impact on their i...

The Trump administration gutted minority-serving institution grants again, dropping the windfall on a capacity-building program for underresourced institutions. MSIs may be able to get some of that fu...

The Education Department estimates Workforce Pell could benefit over 100,000 students in the second year of the program. Experts say implementation will start slow but ramp up.

From special education classrooms in rural Missouri to manufacturing plants in central New York, apprenticeship programs and their higher ed partners are helping workers earn while they learn, fill cr...

As some Jewish studies programs experience new growth and investments in antisemitism education and other initiatives, scholars think about their role and what's next for the field.

New research from the Brookings Institute highlights better and worse ways to craft a free college program. Here’s how researchers think lawmakers can get it right.

Advocates hope it sends a message to other higher ed institutions to shore up religious accommodations in campus housing.

Fort Lewis College has spent years taking stock of its history as a federal Indian boarding school and working with local tribes to make amends. Now its first Indigenous leader plans to continue the w...

The fate of the state’s free community college program hung in the balance. But after fierce advocacy efforts from college leaders and students, Augusta is permanently funding it.

A survey of Gen Z students showed many searched TikTok for scholarships. It led them to new opportunities—but also misinformation.

Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation that would grant them new oversight over the commonwealth’s historically Black land-grant university and transition it into a polytechnic institution.

Once synonymous with hard hats and tool belts, apprenticeships are branching into health care, artificial intelligence, business services, advanced manufacturing and more.

College leaders hope to secure more funding and opportunities for their students as they ramp up collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The founder of Generation Hope, an organization that supports parenting students, discusses her new book on how to combat the challenges these students are up against.

If signed into law, a bill recently passed by the State Legislature would permit students to opt out of coursework that goes against their conscience or religious beliefs.

Federal agents detained a student at a Columbia University residential building without ever showing a warrant, according to the university. The incident shows the limits for institutions in resisting...

Congress appropriated hundreds of millions of dollars for minority-serving institutions, but after the Trump administration axed the grants last year, colleges and universities are making backup plans...

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...

A group of state higher ed leaders are on a mission to get rid of the term. They argue it underplays the value of these programs and shortchanges students.

Earning a four-year degree at a two-year institution is now possible in nearly half of all states—and others are exploring the option. But many universities are not happy about it.

Four-year colleges and universities won nearly half of the FIPSE grants awarded for short-term programs eligible for Workforce Pell, surprising some community college leaders who have spent decades bu...

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

The freshly launched Alliance for Higher Education is working to stave off government overreach in higher ed, arguing it’s critical for democracy and college access.

A group of current and former diversity professionals and researchers founded a journal to preserve perspectives they fear could be lost amid state and federal crackdowns on DEI work.

A group of Catholic Hispanic-serving universities has formed a partnership to brainstorm new ways to share resources and support students.

A recent legal report from the Department of Justice implies new risks to funding for minority-serving institutions after the Education Department already cut off their competitive grant dollars.

Parenting students’ advocates say this population is especially vulnerable as the Trump administration makes changes to childcare funding and public benefits.

After a year of repeated blows, diversity professionals and scholars are debating whether DEI has a future on college campuses, and if so, what its next iteration looks like.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is going to take over managing tribal college funds as the Education Department sheds many of its programs. College leaders are worried.

Texas voters approved an $850 million endowment for the technical college system. College leaders say it’ll offer a much-needed boost in filling the state’s workforce needs.

California governor Gavin Newsom’s office responded, “We'll see you in court.”

As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.

The mayor-elect has said little about his plans for the city’s colleges and universities. But advocates, experts and students are making best guesses based on his rhetoric and track record.