Sara Weissman is a reporter at Inside Higher Ed. She writes about adult learners, low-income and first-generation students, students from underrepresented backgrounds and the colleges and universities ...

In a survey, administrators said vague, AI-written appeal letters can be burdensome because they lead to more back-and-forth ...

The university announced its “final plan” on Tuesday after negotiating with the faculty union for several months. The cuts ...

The White House unveiled a new vision for scientific research this week that directs federal agencies to fund more scientific research outside of universities. The report and accompanying research and ...

Donors, state politicians and Trump administration officials are extorting universities to get them to give up their autonomy ...

The ruling limits the Trump administration’s power to cancel research and other funding based on the Office of Management and ...

Stripping the accreditor’s recognition could upend cosmetology programs reliant on federal aid. The final decision rests with ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it’s abandoning provisions of civil rights law that protect students against institutional policies that disparately impact minority groups.

For most programs, data from the new test on student earnings will be released in 2027 and failing programs could face ...

Andy Burnham, the new leader of the British government, has formed a cabinet and shuttered a stand-alone science department.

Vanderbilt University has received a $75 million gift from NVIDIA President and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, for its new San Francisco campus, which is slated to open in 2027. The private ...

Calculus can derail STEM pathways. Twelve colleges are redesigning gateway math courses to help more students persist.