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    International applicant numbers tumble on Common App

    The number of first-time international applicants on the popular application platform declined 10% in the 2025-26 cycle, a new report found. 

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    Inside a culture shift that raised the bar for Elon Law

    A rise in first-time bar passage wasn’t driven by a quick fix. It came from changing expectations.

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    Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year

    The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.

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    Broward College trustees ordered to delay vote on firing president

    Torey Alston sued the board and won a ruling requiring trustees to attend mediation to attempt to work out an employment contract dispute with him. 

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    Education Department proposes accreditation overhaul

    The rule would ease the way for new accreditors to form and give agencies significant new duties, including overseeing intellectual diversity policies.

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    Bankrupt Anna Maria College to sell nursing program for $1.1M

    After closing abruptly this year, the Catholic institution is trying to pay off millions of dollars in debt.

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    Week in review: Accreditation overhaul takes step forward

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from plans to propose a change to the H-1B program to the planned sale of Anna Maria College’s nursing program. 

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    DOJ charges 17 in Iran-backed hacking campaign against US colleges, others

    Officials allege the Mabna Institute was behind an effort to steal research from American universities, companies and government agencies.

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    Coalition sues Trump administration over 4-year student visa cap

    Plaintiffs argued that the new rule would be “catastrophic” for universities and international students, and have asked a federal judge to block it.

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    DOJ whistleblower alleges probes into universities were politically motivated

    A career attorney accused Trump officials of pressing for deals at Harvard, Columbia and Brown, despite insufficient evidence or incomplete investigations.

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    DHS to propose end of 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders

    Few details are known without the rule’s text, which has yet to be published in the Federal Register, but the change may pose difficulties for employers.

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    Westcliff University acquires Pacific College to expand nursing programs

    The two California for-profit institutions are combining just a year after Westcliff launched its nursing college.

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    UT Austin plans massive overhaul to core curriculum

    A task force called for making the university's general education more narrow and focused on topics such as Western civilization and broad U.S. history.

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    Broward College president faces termination vote

    The move comes after the board shared concerns with President Torey Alston, including over students’ low passage rates on nursing licensure exams.

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    EEOC lawsuit alleges Washington University segregated DEI training by race

    Under the Trump administration, the agency has vocally cracked down on diversity, equity and inclusion work under the auspices of Title VII.

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    DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

    Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general of the agency’s civil rights division, said federal officials are "assessing next steps."

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    University of Nebraska board approves cutting programs with low enrollment

    The eliminations come after a bruising budget-saving push to eliminate degrees last year at the system’s Lincoln campus.

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    Education Department: Over 1,900 colleges have overdue data submissions

    Institutions have until Jan. 15 to submit two rounds of data required by the Biden-era gainful employment and financial value transparency rules.

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    Columbia faces discrimination lawsuit from Palestinian employees and students

    Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution instead "actively participated in and amplified" racial and political targeting of its campus members.

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    What do college students think of their institutional leaders?

    Students at top-ranked colleges were less likely than others to say campus leaders mostly act in their interests, per a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll.

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    Unions sue Education Department over ‘professional’ degree rule

    Under a new rule, the designation allows students to take out $200,000 in federal student loans versus $100,000 for other graduate programs.

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    Antitrust lawsuit against 32 colleges with early decision can proceed, judge rules

    However, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley dismissed the claims against Common App and other noncollege defendants.

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    College costs for families up 10% from last year, poll finds

    Tuition, fees, housing and other costs averaged $34,019 in the 2025-26 academic year, per a new Sallie Mae and Ipsos report.

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    Haverford settles with group accusing college of fostering antisemitism

    Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.

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    Most 4-year graduates work in same state as their alma mater, report finds

    States looking to grow their college-educated workforce should focus on "homegrown talent” over wooing outside workers, according to the analysis.

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    Elite colleges are returning to the SAT and ACT. Will others follow?

    Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere.