Higher Learning Commission removes barrier for Walden U sale

The accreditor dropped its governmental investigation designation for the school after the Justice Department declined to take up a lawsuit against it.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated May 4, 2021

Young voters overwhelmingly favored Biden, analysis finds

Early data crunched by Tufts University shows young people of color supported the former vice president by an especially large margin.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 5, 2020

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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

How higher education issues and leadership fared at the polls

Minus a few partisan leadership changes, the 2020 election didn't shake up the sector much at the state level.

By Hallie Busta • Nov. 4, 2020

California vote signals affirmative action remains divisive

Voters declined to approve a measure endorsed by the state's university systems that would have overturned a ban on race-conscious policies.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 4, 2020

Ed Dept flags more issues with for-profit accreditor ACICS

The agency isn't meeting regulatory standards around review requirements, the department found.

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 4, 2020

Here's where Trump and Biden stand on key higher education issues

We looked at the incumbent's last four years and his challenger's proposals for immigration, Title IX and free college.

By Natalie Schwartz , Jeremy Bauer-Wolf , Hallie Busta • Oct. 30, 2020

How would Biden's immigration proposals affect international students?

Their enrollment in U.S. colleges has plummeted in recent years largely as a result of the Trump administration's rhetoric and policies, activists say.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 30, 2020

U of California can't consider SAT, ACT, appeals court rules

The decision follows the system's move to phase out the admissions exams within the next few years.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 30, 2020

How has the Trump administration changed higher education?

We look back at several major policy changes over the last four years and at what could be ahead if the president is reelected.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated Oct. 30, 2020

Biden said he wants to undo DeVos' Title IX rule. How would he replace it?

Revoking the regulation would not be easy, and colleges would need guidance for addressing campus sexual assault in the interim.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 28, 2020

What's next for free college if Biden becomes president?

The pandemic could make it hard for states to pay for their share of his proposal, policy experts said.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 27, 2020

Feds: Crackdown on foreign worker program could extend to colleges

One industry group called the comments a "reckless attack on key members of the higher education community."

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 22, 2020

A guide to higher education coronavirus relief funding

We break down where proposed legislation stands and what colleges should know about the aid available to them now.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Oct. 23, 2020

Federal judge rejects ACLU-backed lawsuit against Title IX rule

The dismissal is the latest defeat of legal challenges to the new regulation governing campus sexual assault.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 21, 2020

More than 2 dozen colleges sue feds over H-1B visa rules

Two new lawsuits detail how the abrupt regulatory change could affect higher education institutions.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 20, 2020

Ed Dept details colleges' foreign financial ties in new report

But one higher ed group says the agency hasn't been willing to discuss compliance with the federal disclosure law.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 20, 2020

Politics, not coronavirus cases, linked to college reopening decisions: report

The plans were "not generally correlated" with virus cases but links to state leadership and demographics were detected, according to a new analysis.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 13, 2020

Ed Dept rescinds Clery Act guidelines

The agency's replacement directive gives colleges more flexibility but isn't likely to end the extensive fines of recent years.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Oct. 13, 2020

How the Trump administration's H-1B visa changes could affect colleges

The restrictions stand to deter foreign students from coming to the U.S. and make it harder for schools to recruit employees, experts say.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 8, 2020

Name, image and likeness policies for college players advancing

One association greenlit new rules, and other measures for student-athlete compensation are in the works.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 8, 2020

Federal judge largely blocks Trump's diversity training order

It would no longer be enforced for federal contractors and grant recipients. Higher ed's top lobbying group supports the ruling.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Dec. 23, 2020

Final endowment tax rules tailor the policy for colleges

But it's unlikely the changes will have a significant impact on schools covered by the assessment, one professor said.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 5, 2020

CDC changes stance on coronavirus testing for colleges

The agency now says testing students and employees upon their return to campus and at intervals may be appropriate.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 2, 2020

Ed Dept probe into free speech at public college a warning sign

Experts say the agency's investigation of incidents, in this case involving conservative students at Binghamton University, won't be the last.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 1, 2020

House Democrats' new relief proposal earmarks $39B for higher ed

Higher ed groups continue to request more funding, last week asking lawmakers for $120 billion.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Sept. 29, 2020