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What Does It Mean to Redefine R-1?
Simplified metrics bring complicated consequences, G. Dale Wesson writes.
Congress Eyes Cap on Parent PLUS Loans
The loans are disproportionately utilized by Black and Latino families and the families of students at HBCUs, and advocates worry the limits will hinder access to college.
Academic Freedom Was Already Limited at U.S. Service Academies. Then Came Trump.
Officials are restricting education about diversity and criticism of the U.S. It’s an erosion of rights within the institutions training America’s future military officers.
More Americans Trust Public Universities Than Private Ones
Actions That Make a Real Difference in the Fight Against Climate Change
From global finance to the laboratory, hear about two very different ways universities can reduce their carbon emissions.
A Setback for Maine’s Free Community College Program
As Maine lawmakers hash out a new budget, the Legislature’s budget-writing committee has proposed discontinuing the state’s free college program.
Congress Opens the Credential Floodgates
Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.
Trump’s Trade School Trojan Horse
Higher ed must resist attempts to pit one sector against another, Rachel Lipson and Robert Schwartz write.