HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

October 31, 2025

The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the growing impact on higher education if the government shutdown goes much longer. . .The Department of Education has issued a final rule for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, reports Inside Higher Ed. . .Six Republican lawmakers who opposed diversity programs are now asking for funding to be restored to Hispanic-serving institutions poised to lose millions, according to The Washington Post. . .

Higher Ed May Be in Trouble If the Government Is Shut Down for Much Longer
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Oct. 30, 2025

Education Dept. Finalizes PSLF Rule Limiting Who Gets Forgiveness
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 31, 2025

These Republicans Oppose DEI, but Also Cuts Hitting Hispanic-Serving Colleges
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Oct. 30, 2025

October 30, 2025

College students around the country are among the tens of millions of Americans expected to lose their federal food assistance benefits on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown, The Assembly reports... Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the state’s public universities to end participation in the H-1B visa program, a move that ACE’s Sarah Spreitzer told Inside Higher Ed would have “an enormous impact” on Florida institutions... Higher education accreditors are bringing new quality checks to the short-term credentialing landscape, Inside Higher Ed reports.

How SNAP Delays Could Impact NC College Students
The Assembly | Oct. 30, 2025

DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2025

Accreditors Launch Efforts to Endorse Short-Term Credential Providers
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 30, 2025

October 29, 2025

University of California President James B. Milliken writes in the Los Angeles Times that the relationship between the federal government and universities, which has delivered so much for America, is at risk. Inside Higher Ed and Higher Ed Dive cover an ACE-led letter to the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem advocating that colleges and universities should be exempt from the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee due to the vital role they play in strengthening the United States... Dozens of college students shared with The New York Times what they value about their institutions, worries they have, and more... A federal district judge blocked recent federal government staffing cuts, including at the Department of Education.

Science Funding and Immigration Fuel America’s Innovation. They’re at Risk.
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 28, 2025

Higher Ed Institutions Raise Concerns About H-1B Visa Fee
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2025

Higher Ed Groups Push for Colleges To Be Exempt From $100K H-1B Visa Fee
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 29, 2025

What College Students Are Worried About Right Now
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2025

Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump’s Latest Layoffs
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2025

October 28, 2025

Christianity Today reports that Christian colleges are objecting to the Trump administration's overreach on higher education policy... International student arrivals in the United States dropped by 19 percent in August, the Los Angeles Times reports... Inside Higher Ed previews next week's negotiated rulemaking session where the Department of Education will consider which graduate programs will be subjected to new student loan restrictions... The Chronicle of Higher Education covers the Trump administration's proposed cuts to adult education programs, which would impact over a million students primarily at community colleges... Higher Ed Dive reports on guidance the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued on the Trump administration's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee.

Christian Colleges Object to Trump ‘Overreach’ on Higher Ed
Christianity Today | Oct. 27, 2025

International Student Arrivals Take a Dive Under Trump
Los Angeles Times | Oct. 28, 2025

Searching for Compromise on Student Loan Caps
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 28, 2025

The Little-Known Way That Trump Is Upending Community College
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Oct. 27, 2025

Feds Launch Site for Employers To Pay Controversial H-1B Fee, Clarify Exemptions
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 28, 2025

October 27, 2025

The Chronicle of Higher Education covers a new poll that found a wide margin of respondents opposed increasing the federal government’s role in how colleges and universities operate... Department of Education cuts resulted in the elimination of 120 TRIO programs, affecting more than 43,000 students, Inside Higher Ed reports, and Colorado Public Radio reports that college-based programs that helped thousands of Colorado migrant children enroll and succeed in higher education have been eliminated by the Trump administration... First-generation college applicants in Texas have tripled over the last five years, reports The Hechinger Report... Rob McCarron, president and CEO of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, writes in the Telegram & Gazette that taxing endowments threatens scholarships and grants to students, research and labs, and expansion and construction — all things that benefit Massachusetts.

Americans Think Trump Is Overreaching on Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | Oct. 24, 2025

Trump’s DEI Crackdown Closes 120 TRIO Programs
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 27, 2025

Children of Colorado’s Farmworker Families Lose Critical College Support Program
Colorado Public Radio | Oct. 27, 2025

More First-Generation Students in Texas Are Applying for College
The Hechinger Report | Oct. 27, 2025

Opinion: Taxing Endowments Won’t Add up for Colleges, Community
Telegram & Gazette (sub. req.) | Oct. 26, 2025

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