HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week May 8, 2026 Section 1 ContentThe Washington Post Editorial Board writes that the United States risks falling behind China in basic science and calls on the federal government to cut the strings attached to government money. . . A federal judge has found that the mass termination of more than 1,400 grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities was unconstitutional, reports Inside Higher Ed. . .The learning management system Canvas, which is used by many colleges and universities, has been targeted by a cyber attack. . .Opinion: How Federal Regulations Choke U.S. ScienceThe Washington Post | May 7, 2026 Federal Judge Restores Millions in NEH GrantsInside Higher Ed | May 7, 2026Cyberattack Shutters Canvas Learning Platform for Schools Across the U.S.CBS News | May 7, 2026 Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right May 7, 2026 Section 2 ContentThe Washington Post looks at how college students are learning to socialize without their cell phones. . .Higher Ed Dive looks at why NYU and SUNY are collaborating to measure higher ed reforms. . .The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on how the University of California at Irvine is responding to federally imposed graduate student loan limits. . .How College Students Are Learning to Socialize Without CellphonesThe Washington Post | May 6, 2026 Why NYU and SUNY Are Teaming Up to Measure Higher Ed ReformsHigher Ed Dive | May 7, 2026 A University Cut Tuition By Over 20% After Republicans Sharply Limited Grad-School AidThe Chronicle of Higher Education | May 7, 2026 Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right May 6, 2026 Section 3 ContentInside Higher Ed looks at new numbers for first-time fall enrollment. . .Higher Ed Dive profiles the new CFO of the University of Connecticut. . .An opinion piece in Forbes explores how the Trump administration's immigration policies are changing higher education. . .First-Time Adult Enrollment Dropped This Fall. Should Colleges Be Worried?Inside Higher Ed | May 6, 2026 UConn’s New CFO Talks Higher Ed Mission, March Madness BumpHigher Ed Dive | May 6, 2026Opinion: How Administration’s 2026 Immigration Crackdown Is Changing U.S. Higher EducationForbes | May 5, 2026 Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right May 5, 2026 Section 4 ContentA new survey by Strada Education Foundation suggests that difficulty calculating the real cost of college weakens institutional trust among students and their families, reports Inside Higher Ed. . .The Chronicle of Higher Education writes that institutions face twin challenges in the enrollment cliff and a glut of current graduates. . .Higher Ed Dive looks at why the General Services Administration’s proposed anti-DEI certification is raising alarm in higher education. . .Confusing College Pricing Sows Mistrust in Higher EdInside Higher Ed | May 5, 2026 Higher Ed’s Enrollment Cliff Is Here. Now Meet the Graduate Glut.The Chronicle of Higher Education | May 1, 2026Why GSA’s Anti-DEI Certification Is Raising alarm in Higher EducationHigher Ed Dive | May 4, 2026 Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right May 4, 2026 Section 5 ContentThe Department of Education's draft accountability rule could have unintended consequences for faith-based institutions, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. . .SUNY has put a systemwide AI policy in place for its 64 campuses, writes Inside Higher Ed. . .The Washington Post looks at a new study finding that law and business school graduates earn more if their classes are racially diverse. . . A GOP Test to Measure Earnings Plagues Religious CollegesThe Chronicle of Higher Education | May 1, 2026 SUNY Sets Systemwide AI PolicyInside Higher Ed | May 4, 2026 Law and MBA Graduates Earn More if Classes Are Racially Diverse, Study ShowsThe Washington Post | April 30, 2026 Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1News RoomACE In the News Explore More ACE Op-Eds Trump’s ‘Compact’ Is Bad for Colleges – And Bad for AmericaU.S. News | Oct. 20, 2025Americans Need to Work Together to Fix Education. We’ve Both Done It Before on Opposite SidesFox News | July 9, 2025Here’s Why We Cannot Permit America’s Partnership With Higher Education to Weaken or DissolveThe Hechinger Report | March 18, 2025The Only Certainty Is UncertaintyInside Higher Ed | July 2, 2024Protect, Teach, EnforceInside Higher Ed | June 25, 2024AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the CalculatorScientific American | April 17, 2024There’s a Temporary Fix to the FAFSA Mess — All Colleges Must Extend Decision DeadlinesThe Hechinger Report | March 26, 2024Answering the CallInside Higher Ed | March 19, 2024Every FAFSA Delay Puts College Further Out of ReachThe New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 8, 2024Don’t Dash Opportunity for America’s College StudentsThe Hill | Aug. 16, 2023‘Fire the Accreditors’ Is a Bad—and Illegal—IdeaInside Higher Ed | June 28, 2023This Is How To Keep Academic Freedom Alive in AmericaNewsweek | March 23, 2023Why U.S. News May Have to Rethink How It Creates College Rankings The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 14, 2022Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Just the StartThe Hill | July 1, 2022Want to Reduce Hunger Among College Students? Stop Taxing Their Pell GrantsThe Hill | Feb. 10, 2022Doubling the Pell Grant Invests in America's FutureThe Hill | Sept. 3, 2021Making Equity Everyone’s WorkDiverse: Issues In Higher Education | March 31, 2021Dropping the BallInside Higher Ed | March 4, 2021The Quickest And Most Effective Way Biden Can Help Millions of Americans Go to CollegeThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2021Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 19, 2020Should Congress Provide Additional Pandemic Relief for Colleges and Universities?CQ Researcher | Sept. 11, 2020The Biggest Danger to U.S. Higher Education? Losing 20 Years’ Worth of Gains in Access for First-generation and Minority StudentsThe Hechinger Report | Aug. 11, 2020Our Country's Future Education Depends on Actions Congress TakesThe Hill | July 20, 2020Why Trump’s Move to Force International Students to Take In-person Classes This Fall Is Being Blasted as HarmfulThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 8, 2020Supreme Court Has Ruled on DACA, Now It's Time for Congress to ActThe Hill | June 20, 2020College Closings, Economic Upheaval Make a Case for Blockchain AdoptionEducation Dive | June 18, 2020Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?Inside Higher Ed | June 15, 2020College in a Pandemic is Tough Enough — Without Reliable Broadband Access, It’s Nearly ImpossibleThe Hechinger Report | June 9, 2020How College Students Can Help Reopen AmericaInside Higher Ed | May 18, 2020A Call for Ideas to Help Student Parents Succeed During and After COVID-19 Education Dive | May 6, 2020The Courage of Medical StudentsInside Higher Ed | April 20, 2020University Research is Key to COVID-19 Breakthroughs, Serving the Public GoodThe Hill | March 23, 2020Safeguarding Research on Campuses Against Foreign ThreatsInside Higher Ed | March 9, 2020In Appreciation of a Public ServantInside Higher Ed | Dec. 9, 2019Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent ResponseInside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2019Guns on America's Campuses: Let the Colleges DecideThe Hill | Sept. 9, 2019The Invisible China Threat: University Intellectual PropertyThe Hill | July 30, 2019Ending the Stigma for College Students With Learning DisabilitiesThe Hechinger Report | July 16, 2019Providing Prisoners With Expanded Access to Higher Education Is the Smart Thing to DoThe Hill | July 5, 2019No RetreatInside Higher Ed | June 10, 2019Ted Mitchell: Congress Must Act to Protect Dreamers Still Living in Legal LimboFox News | May 21, 2019Taxing College Scholarships: A Travesty to Low-income and Middle-class StudentsThe Hill | May 20, 2019Black Students' 'Unprecedented and Unequal' College Debt Should Cause AlarmThe Hechinger Report | Feb. 19, 2019Congress Must End the Purgatory for ‘Dreamers’ The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 9, 2018Higher Education Must Clean Out Its ‘Front Porch’The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 25, 2018Only in AmericaInside Higher Ed | Feb. 15, 2018FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Could Raise College Costs and Hinder Free Exchange of IdeasThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 8, 2017The House GOP Tax Bill Would Raise the Cost of College. We Can’t Let That Happen.The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2017Why Most Republicans Don’t Like Higher EducationThe Chronicle of Higher Education | July 19, 2017History, Moral Leadership, and GeorgetownThe Washington Post | April 26, 2017The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue DiversityThe Chronicle of Higher Education | June 24, 2016 Letters to the Editor Higher Education Must Rediscover Its PurposeThe Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Jan. 29, 2024Don’t Blame Student Loan Debt on the Few Schools With Large EndowmentsThe Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2022 College Is Worth ItThe New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2021The Harsh New Reality Schools Are Facing on Title IXThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | May 24, 2020The Flaw in a Higher Education BillThe New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 1, 2019How Long Will ‘Dreamers’ Have to Live in Limbo?The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 30, 2019Readers Critique The Post: Ageism, Skateboarding, and the International Space StationThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 5, 2019Blame the NBA, Not the NCAA, for Big-Time Athletes’ DilemmaThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | Feb. 25, 2019Weighing the Value of CollegeThe New York Times (sub. req.) | May 26, 2018Feds Must Help Colleges Reform and ChangeThe Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 23, 2018Making College More Diverse Takes Hard, Customized WorkThe Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 2, 2018How to Assess What Students Have LearnedThe New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 26, 2018Tulane’s 41% Student Sexual Assault RateThe Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Feb. 15, 2018Should Rich College Endowments Be Taxed?The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Nov. 20, 2017Proposed Tax on Private College Endowments Will Hurt StudentsMinnPost (MN) | Nov. 16, 2017The Dreamers Are a Good Part of America’s FutureThe Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | July 25, 2017 Higher Education News Links The Chronicle of Higher EducationInside Higher EdDiverse: Issues In Higher EducationPolitico's Morning EducationNew York Times EducationNew York Times Education LifeLos Angeles Times EducationNPR's Ed BlogWashington Post EducationThe Hechinger ReportUniversity BusinessEducation WeekUSA Today EducationHuffPost EducationEducation Writers Association@ACEducation Education Reporters Twitter List Rail Content 2 Rail Content 3 Page Content