F or decades, policymakers and elected officials have tried, with limited success, to force major changes in higher education by pressuring the accreditors that control the financial-aid spigot. Under ...

According to a 2025 report from PEN America, lawmakers in 15 states passed 21 bills designed to regulate or even censor courses taught at public colleges and universities. “Censorship is, sadly, now ...

TRIO Programs address equity and inclusion gaps across the nation's education system and provide students with the resources and opportunities to succeed. Now in 2026, they are under assault, as well ...

After MIT rejected President Trump's proposed Higher Education Compact, the president is extending the offer to all colleges and universities. President Trump is opening up his controversial higher ...

Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump disrupted the country’s research landscape with a series of executive orders and administrative actions aimed at slashing key funding sources and ...

Autumn foliage frames the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Pittsburgh on Nov. 10. The Associated Press Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump disrupted ...

Higher education in America is in crisis. In response, the Trump Administration proposed a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” sent first to nine major universities. Most of the ...

Many people across the political spectrum were alarmed when they learned administrators at Texas A&M had prevented a philosophy professor from teaching the works of Plato because it violated ...