The Trump administration’s Department of Education abruptly removed two critical applications—IDR, the online application portal for income-driven repayment, as well as the online application to apply for a federal Direct consolidation loan.

From test-optional policies and AI-powered tools to a greater focus on holistic applications and career-oriented programs, these shifts are creating new opportunities for students to showcase their strengths and interests throughout the college admission process.

The past year yielded another rich crop of books about higher education. Included in this year’s best volumes are books on HBCUs, standardized testing, free speech and institutional leadership in a time of crisis.

Sports fans, commentators and even athletics directors are openly debating the feasibility of whether college athletes could organize and collectively bargain in the future. The issue of collective bargaining at public land grant universities appears to be a major sticking point in addressing the legal problems facing college athletics. Lawyers I’ve spoken to across the […]

Major universities are beginning to report the performance of their endowments for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024, and the early news finds several institutions realizing double-digit investment gains. Here’s a rundown of some initial results. Brown University’s endowment saw an 11.3% investment return during Fiscal Year 2024. It racked up $728 […]

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) across the country were recognized recently by a proclamation from President Biden, during National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week and just before the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The proclamation is fueling new energy by college leaders to press for more support and recognition for the nation’s more than 500 HSIs. Congressional appropriations […]

The idea has been around at least a decade, since wild predictions were made that more than half of all colleges would fail. Then, the reason was the rise of for-profit schools and online education.

On July 19, Pennsylvania State University announced it had received a $20 million commitment from J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox for its graduate school, the largest gift in the grad school’s history.