Expensive pensions schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil Read more

The ACLU is currently suing the West Virginia Water Development Authority over a $5 million grant it made to a Catholic trades college, alleging the funding violates the state constitution. Read more

Hundreds of firings inside the federal government’s student aid department have sparked concern among workers and student loan advocates, who warn that the student loan system is at risk. Read more

For decades, the United States has been a magnet for talent, attracting some of the world’s best scientific minds to its universities and laboratories. Read more

A growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in job applications risks employers hiring candidates who cannot do the work, a business owner has said. Read more

Columbia professors said that the rest of higher education should be on notice after the Trump administration’s interference in their university’s affairs. Read more

Tally of unsubsidised students could reach thousands, representative body warns, after enrolments surpass projections Read more

The Trump administration recently announced it was slashing the federal Education Department’s workforce in half. This week the president signed an executive order declaring he was dismantling the agency “once and for all.” Read more

The American Bar Association has temporarily suspended its accreditation standard that required law schools to commit to diversity, but Attorney General Pam Bondi and others are calling for the group to end the rule permanently and officially. Read more

An emboldened GOP is reaching deeper into what colleges teach, banning ‘identity politics’ and theories of ‘systemic racism’ from core courses in Florida. Read more