Higher education news was dominated in 2025 by President Trump’s campaign to align the sector with his political views. Here ...

In an effort to address a deep deficit caused by rising costs, declining international enrollment and flat state funding, University of Nebraska–Lincoln officials have proposed merging or cutting a ...

Spurred by the pandemic and a greater demand for flexibility, online higher education programs have begun to evolve from niche to mainstream in 2025. These fully online enrollment programs, now ...

Emma Bittner considered getting a master's degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. To even the most casual observer, these must feel like belligerent times in ...

It’s been 100 days since Donald Trump entered the Oval Office for a second time. When he was elected, attacking higher education had already become a conservative shibboleth, but the new ...

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The Trump administration is at war with higher education. They've cut more than a billion dollars in research grants. The Trump administration is at war with higher education. They've cut more than ...