3 state budget trends to watch for higher education

Though legislatures’ budgets are still up in the air, patterns are emerging around college funding.

By Lilah Burke • April 13, 2023

Title IX athletic rule could be finalized in May

The proposal would prohibit blanket bans of transgender students from playing on teams aligned with their gender identities.

By Naaz Modan • April 12, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Higher ed leaders chime in on the Education Department’s regulatory agenda

The agency started a series of hearings Tuesday to gather feedback on policy actions in a prelude to negotiated rulemaking.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 11, 2023

Texas lawmakers move forward with proposed bans on faculty tenure, diversity offices in public colleges

Such initiatives have drawn support from high-ranking officials, including the state’s lieutenant governor.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 11, 2023

Rutgers faculty go on unprecedented strike

The three unions representing over 9,000 faculty members voted to walk out after almost a year of working without a contract.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 10, 2023

Medaille to become part of Trocaire, with both colleges citing enrollment issues

The private nonprofit institutions in New York are set to finalize the merger July 31, pending regulatory approvals.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 7, 2023

Education Department proposes regulation that would block explicit bans on transgender athletes

In certain circumstances, however, federally funded schools would be able exclude transgender students from sports matching their gender identity.

By Naaz Modan • April 6, 2023

2U sues Education Department over third-party guidance

The OPM alleges the department overstepped its authority and created “an expansive and onerous regulatory regime.”

By Laura Spitalniak • April 6, 2023

Appeals court allows remaining Sweet v. Cardona loan forgiveness cases to move forward

Two for-profit institutions and one private nonprofit fought the $6 billion class-action settlement.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023

Sexual violence survivor groups ask Biden to ensure final Title IX rule comes in May

The Education Department said it will release its long-awaited regulation next month, but it’s also delayed publishing a draft version of the rule before.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023

House progressives say Biden administration should use executive power to curb for-profit college ‘predatory behavior’

The Congressional Progressive Caucus also wants the White House to withhold federal student aid from poorly performing institutions.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023

Legislators want short-term Pell — but can’t agree on the details

Congress is considering three proposals that would allow Pell Grants to go toward programs shorter than 15 weeks.

By Lilah Burke • April 4, 2023

University of Vermont failed to investigate allegations of antisemitism, Ed Department finds

The university and its State Agricultural College agreed to improve discrimination response protocols, in a resolution agreement entered into with the Office for Civil Rights on Monday.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 3, 2023

Louisiana bill would impose annual reviews on tenured faculty

The proposed legislation, from a longtime skeptic of tenure, would also create a tenure rollback procedure.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 3, 2023

How colleges can work toward diverse classes if the Supreme Court rules against race-conscious admissions

Revisit recruiting and retention strategies, two lawyers suggest.

By Jeff Weimer and Cori Smith • April 3, 2023

Ed Department directs colleges to get eligible students on SNAP before expansion expires

Simplified rules for gaining food benefits will rescind shortly after the declared end of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 30, 2023

Higher ed groups, conservative lawmakers condemn potential religious freedom rollback

The Trump-era rule is redundant and puts excessive legislative burden on the Education Department, according to the agency and supporters of the repeal.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 29, 2023

Contingent faculty jobs are still the standard, AAUP report finds

Over two-thirds of faculty positions in fall 2021 did not offer a path to tenure.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 28, 2023

Government must act fast to protect students and colleges from Silicon Valley’s economic threat

Colleges’ increasing dependence on private-sector ed tech firms leaves them open to risk, says the head of the Student Borrower Protection Center.

By Mike Pierce • March 27, 2023

Tennessee legislature passes bill banning TikTok from college campuses

The legislation now heads to the governor, who is expected to sign it into law.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 24, 2023

House lawmakers debate Biden’s student loan system agenda

Republicans tore into the president’s mass debt forgiveness plan and revised income-driven repayment model during a subcommittee hearing.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 23, 2023

Proposed bill would quash Vermont university’s plan to cut library collection

Vermont State University walked back some aspects of a plan to downsize its libraries after strong backlash.

By Laura Spitalniak • March 23, 2023

New FAFSA will debut in December, Education Department says

Typically the student financial aid form goes live in October every year, but it’s in the process of being simplified.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 22, 2023

Higher ed organizations press for firm FAFSA release date

Groups like NASFAA want the Education Department to commit to a date it will issue the 2024-25 FAFSA.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 21, 2023

How prisons keep student debt relief from those who are incarcerated

Overcome information deficits so those in prison can access student debt relief, the manager of JSTOR's Access to Prison Education initiative writes.

By Stacy Burnett • March 20, 2023