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Signs of an Institutional Death Spiral

A checklist of indicators a college or university may close.

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Grad Loan Caps Could Hurt Students With Low Credit Scores

Researchers found that four in 10 borrowers have credit scores too low for private loans, raising concerns that the new borrowing limits could make grad school inaccessible.

A measuring tape with money over a background of a doctor, a teacher, engineers and a computer science professor.

ED Plans to ‘Harmonize’ Accountability Metrics

Department officials say they are creating a level playing field. Advocates and committee members say they are leaving students vulnerable.

DePaul University in Chicago.

December Cuts Close Out Brutal Year for Sector

With around 300 reported job cuts last month, the higher education sector shed at least 9,000 positions across 2025, a year marked by federal policy uncertainty and rising costs.

The front of the Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence at FSU, with palm trees fringing the building.

FSU Receives $65M Gift for College of Business

Florida State University has received a $65 million gift to elevate the College of Business and establish several related endowed...
National Institutes of Health logo on building

NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied

Last year, the Trump administration widely rejected funding research it disfavors. But, just before 2026 began, one of its agencies agreed in court filings to take another look at proposals it sat on or turned down.

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The Colleges That Couldn’t Survive 2025

At least 16 nonprofit institutions announced closures this year due to enrollment and financial challenges, the same as last year. But there were fewer mergers announced.

Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, during a tour of the Broad Institute on Dec. 5, 2025.
Opinion

Research Groups Oppose Capping NIH Funding of Publisher Fees

The National Institutes of Health received roughly 900 comments on its various proposals to limit how much of its grant dollars are eaten up by journals’ publication charges. Major science groups called the approaches wrong.