Per-student state funding for higher ed dips for first time in years April 10, 2026 Enrollment gains at public colleges surpassed increases in state and local support in the 2025 fiscal year, according to an annual report. Read more
What’s inside the Education Department’s draft proposals to overhaul accreditation? April 10, 2026 The proposed changes would ease the pathway for new accreditors and require agencies to have standards requiring intellectual diversity among faculty. Read more
Education Department rescinds Title IX pacts protecting LGBTQ+ students April 10, 2026 The resolution agreements, which the agency called “illegal,” were reached under previous Democratic administrations. Read more
Dozens more colleges get delay in submitting race and sex admissions data April 9, 2026 A federal judge extended the deadline for several private colleges and higher education groups to submit data to the U.S. Department of Education. Read more
Universities of Wisconsin board ousts Jay Rothman as system president April 9, 2026 Tuesday’s unanimous vote comes after Rothman penned a letter saying he was pressured to resign but was not given a reason for the ask. Read more
Southern Oregon University gets $15M lifeline from the state April 9, 2026 The public institution was facing a looming cash crunch. Now it needs a plan to balance its budget and operate in the future without increased state help. Read more
Kansas governor must veto anti-DEI college bill, PEN America says April 8, 2026 Conservative lawmakers added a ban on required “DEI-CRT” courses to the state’s budget package, which now sits on Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk. Read more
Colleges ramp up offerings to teach students to be AI ethicists April 8, 2026 Institutions are teaching students how to know when artificial intelligence is biased, when it could threaten privacy and when it is just plain wrong. Read more
Week in review: The messy math of program evaluations April 8, 2026 We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from massive program cuts in Indiana to a Kentucky bill that would make it easier to fire faculty. Read more
University of Missouri cuts designated funding for student affinity groups April 7, 2026 The university’s Legion of Black Collegians called the cuts “calculated steps to push minority students further away” from the center of campus life. Read more
