Colleges are grappling with declining reading and class participation, with some professors citing the growing influence of artificial intelligence. Many instructors are adjusting teaching strategies to encourage deeper engagement with course materials.

The Trump administration is reshaping the military's ties to higher education, cutting some connections with elite universities. A broader tuition program for about 200,000 service members remains in place.

Lawmakers are pressing the Education Department to include nursing in programs eligible for higher federal loan caps. They warn the current proposal would make advanced nursing degrees harder to afford.

Hundreds of students at California State University, Sacramento, or Sac State, visit the school's Basic Needs Resource Center every week, where they can select up to a dozen items per trip.

New enrollment figures from 20 selective colleges provide mounting evidence of a backslide in Black enrollment. On almost all of the campuses, Black students account for a smaller share of new students this fall than in 2023.

Some would-be international students aren't arriving on U.S. campuses this fall despite admission offers due to visa delays, while others reconsidered amid immigration crackdowns and sudden terminations of legal status.

Trump's crackdown on international students has left colleges facing steep financial strain, with schools like the University of Central Missouri cutting costs and raising tuition to cope.

The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.