HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

November 7, 2025

The Education Department reached consensus with higher education stakeholders on a suite of federal aid regulations that could have massive impacts on graduate programs, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education... Senators emphasized the need for more detailed information in a hearing on college costs, Inside Higher Ed reports... Alamo Colleges District Chancellor Mike Flores and Clint Kingbsery, chair Alamo's board of trustees, celebrate the network's impact on students in a San Antonio Express-News op-ed... Investing in Tribal Colleges benefits everyone, American Indian College Fund President Cheryl Crazy Bull writes in The EDU Ledger.

Congress Tackles College Cost Transparency
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 7, 2025

Graduate Programs Will Soon Feel the Brunt of Loan Caps as Changes to Federal Aid Advance
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2025

For 80 years, Alamo Colleges District Proves College Education Remains Worth it
San Antonio Express-News (sub. req.) | Nov. 7, 2025

Investing in Tribal Colleges Benefits Us All
The EDU Ledger | Nov. 6, 2025

November 6, 2025

Inside Higher Ed covers ACE's Advancing Military Learner Success webinar series... Inside Higher Ed also reports on the decline of international graduate student enrollment... Higher Ed Dive looks at how Taco Bell and other companies are using education benefits to drive employee retention... WGBH profiles Landmark College, which specializes in supporting neurodiverse students.

Listening to Military-Affiliated Students
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 6, 2025

International Graduate Student Enrollment Drops
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 6, 2025

Taco Bell Says Education Benefits Have Driven Retention
Higher Ed Dive | Nov. 4, 2025

How a College in Vermont Built a Home for Students Who Learn Differently
WGBH | Nov. 6, 2025

November 5, 2025

Cuts at the Department of Education are causing major disruptions for Massachusetts colleges, The Boston Globe reports, while Education Week highlights how aspiring K–12 teachers are losing critical supports as a result of these cuts, and NHPR profiles a college counselor affected by reductions to TRIO programs... Inside Higher Ed reports on this weeks' rulemaking panel that is sorting through which programs will be subject to new federal loan caps... AGB Interim President Ross Mugler describes the dangers to higher education inherent in the trend of board members being selected and appointed not for their civic or fiduciary qualifications, but for their ideological alignment with political leaders on the state and federal levels . . . The LSU Board of Supervisors has named Wade Rousse, currently president of McNeese State University, its next system president and University of Alabama Provost Jim Dalton as chancellor its Baton Rouge campus.

Massive Cuts at the Department of Education Are Causing Big Problems at Massachusetts Colleges
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Nov. 4, 2025

Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become Teachers
Education Week | Nov. 4, 2025

Trump Cut His Program’s Funding, but He’s Still Helping NH Students Chase Their College Dreams
NHPR | Nov. 4, 2025

Talks Over Loan Caps See Some Progress
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 5, 2025

OPINION: Politics in Higher-ed Boardrooms: What’s at Stake? 
Richmond Times-Dispatch (sub. req.) | Nov. 5, 2025

LSU Splits President-Chancellor Roles, Makes Two Hires
Louisiana Illuminator | Nov. 4, 2025

November 4, 2025

More than a dozen state attorneys general sued the Trump administration over its new rule limiting eligibility to Public Service Loan Forgiveness... Inside Higher Ed and EdSource report on how institutions are bracing to support students who will be impacted by the pause in SNAP benefits resulting from the government shutdown... An EdSource op-ed explains how the shutdown is hurting students seeking financial aid... A New York Times video details the decline of international students arriving to the United States this year... Inside Higher Ed looks at the growth and evolution of dual enrollment.

States Sue Trump Admin Over Rule Limiting Student Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants
CNBC | Nov. 3, 2025

Trump Partially Funds SNAP as Colleges Scramble to Feed Students
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 3, 2025

California Colleges Brace for Food Aid Delays, Offer Assistance to Students
EdSource | Nov. 3, 2025

How the Federal Shutdown Hurts Students Seeking Financial Aid
EdSource | Nov. 3, 2025

We Charted the Decline in International Students to the U.S.
The New York Times (sub. Req.) | Nov. 3, 2025

A Look Inside a Rapidly Growing Sector: Dual Enrollment
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 4, 2025

November 3, 2025

Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber spoke with CBS News about the challenges facing higher education... The Department of Education has been severely weakened under Secretary Linda McMahon, Inside Higher Ed reports... Inside Higher Ed also covers how Trump administration policies could displace the use of merit in awarding research funding... The New York Times looks at how new programs at colleges and universities are helping to fill a shortage of air traffic controllers... Washington Monthly's Nate Weisberg writes that college degrees are not losing their value.

Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber on Addressing Challenges Facing Higher Education
CBS News | Nov. 2, 2025

As Shutdown Slows Air Traffic Training, These Schools Are Stepping In
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 31, 2025

Under McMahon, ED Is Diminished but Not Dead, Experts Say
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 3, 2025

Trump Research Funding Plans: Penalize ‘Repeat Players,’ Reward Compact Signers
Inside Higher Ed | Nov. 3, 2025

No, College Degrees Aren’t Losing Their Value  
Washington Monthly | Nov. 2, 2025

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