HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

July 1, 2025

Inside Higher Ed covers the latest changes to the Senate’s reconciliation bill that affect students and institutions... The News & Observer examines provisions in the House and Senate’s reconciliation bills that could limit aid for low-income students... The Trump administration concluded that Harvard neglected to protect Jewish students and threatened to revoke its ability to accept federal student aid, GBH News reports... Warren von Eschenbach will be the University of North Texas at Dallas’ next president, and Kirk Calhoun will be the next leader of the UNT Health Science Center, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Senate Tweaks ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Ahead of Final Vote
Inside Higher Ed | June 30, 2025

Why Some NC Students Could Lose College Aid With ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Pell Grant Cuts
The News & Observer | July 1, 2025

Federal Investigation Finds Harvard Failed to Protect Jewish Students on Campus
GBH News | June 30, 2025

UNT Dallas, UNTHSC Name Sole Finalists for President
The Dallas Morning News (sub. req.) | June 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

The Wall Street Journal and PBS NewsHour explore the implications of UVA’s president resigning following pressure from the Trump administration... The New York Times examines how various universities that have lost federal funding under President Trump are approaching fundraising... Leaders of Tribal Colleges and Universities worry that proposed funding cuts pose an existential threat to their institutions, Inside Higher Ed writes... The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the potential repercussions of the Trump administration’s policies toward Chinese students.

UVA President’s Resignation Reflects a New Front in Trump’s Bid to Remake Higher Education
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | June 27, 2025

University of Virginia’s President Resigns Under Pressure From Justice Department
PBS NewsHour | June 27, 2025

Can Donors Fill the Major Budget Holes That Colleges Face Under Trump?
The New York Times (sub. req.) | June 28, 2025

Tribal Colleges Worry for Their Survival After Proposed Cut
Inside Higher Ed | June 30, 2025

Chinese Students’ Vulnerable Status Has a History — and an Impact on the Future
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025

The Senate parliamentarian struck an expansion of Pell to workforce programs from the Senate reconciliation bill... The News & Observer reports that six southern higher education systems plan to form a new accreditor together... The Department of Justice opened an investigation into the University of California due to a goal to boost faculty diversity, the Los Angeles Times writes.

Senate Parliamentarian Nixes Workforce Pell From Megabill
Inside Higher Ed | June 27, 2025

UNC System Joins Florida, Texas to Form New Accrediting Agency for Public Colleges
The News & Observer | June 26, 2025

UC Sees the Good in Faculty Diversity. Trump’s DOJ Says It ‘May Be’ Illegal Discrimination
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025

Inside Higher Ed looks at new data showing college student persistence rates are gradually rising... Higher Ed Dive explores a support program at some Ohio community colleges that has helped students graduate and increase their earnings... The Trump administration has cancelled over $140 million in grants to HBCUs, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports, threatening institutions’ budgets and numerous research projects... The Department of Justice sued Minnesota on Wednesday for offering undocumented students in-state tuition.

First-Year Persistence Continues Slow Climb Back From Pandemic Drop
Inside Higher Ed | June 26, 2025

How One Ohio Initiative Is Boosting Degree Attainment for Community College Students
Higher Ed Dive | June 26, 2025

HBCUs Reel as Trump Cuts Black-Focused Grants: ‘This Is Our Existence’
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | June 25, 2025

U.S. Justice Department Sues Minnesota for Offering In-State Tuition Costs to Undocumented Students
The Minnesota Star Tribune (sub. req.) | June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025

UC Berkeley law professors successfully represented several researchers from the university in a suit challenging canceled federal grants, the Los Angeles Times writes... The University of Arizona is developing a London study abroad program to help international students concerned about their ability to enter the U.S., the Arizona Republic reports... Inside Higher Ed examines proposals Congress is considering to limit borrowing through the Parent PLUS loan program... EdSurge explores the value of the new Student Access and Earnings Classification.

UC Berkeley Law Professors Take On a Case for Colleagues: Fighting Trump Research Cuts
Los Angeles Times (sub. req.) | June 25, 2025

University of Arizona Piloting London Study Abroad Program for International Students
Arizona Republic | June 25, 2025

Congress Eyes Cap on Parent PLUS Loans
Inside Higher Ed | June 25, 2025

Forget Prestige. A New Ranking Shows Great Colleges May Be Close to Home.
EdSurge | June 24, 2025

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OPINION: Here’s Why We Cannot Permit America’s Partnership With Higher Education to Weaken or Dissolve
The Hechinger Report | March 18, 2025
The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
Inside Higher Ed | July 2, 2024
Protect, Teach, Enforce
Inside Higher Ed | June 25, 2024
AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the Calculator
Scientific American | April 17, 2024
There’s a Temporary Fix to the FAFSA Mess — All Colleges Must Extend Decision Deadlines
The Hechinger Report | March 26, 2024
Answering the Call
Inside Higher Ed | March 19, 2024
Every FAFSA Delay Puts College Further Out of Reach
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 8, 2024
Don’t Dash Opportunity for America’s College Students
The Hill | Aug. 16, 2023
‘Fire the Accreditors’ Is a Bad—and Illegal—Idea
Inside Higher Ed | June 28, 2023
This Is How To Keep Academic Freedom Alive in America
Newsweek | March 23, 2023
Why U.S. News May Have to Rethink How It Creates College Rankings
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 14, 2022
Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Just the Start
The Hill | July 1, 2022
Want to Reduce Hunger Among College Students? Stop Taxing Their Pell Grants
The Hill | Feb. 10, 2022
Doubling the Pell Grant Invests in America's Future
The Hill | Sept. 3, 2021
Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | March 31, 2021
Dropping the Ball
Inside Higher Ed | March 4, 2021
The Quickest And Most Effective Way Biden Can Help Millions of Americans Go to College
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2021
Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 19, 2020
Should Congress Provide Additional Pandemic Relief for Colleges and Universities?
CQ Researcher | Sept. 11, 2020
The Biggest Danger to U.S. Higher Education? Losing 20 Years’ Worth of Gains in Access for First-generation and Minority Students
The Hechinger Report | Aug. 11, 2020
Our Country's Future Education Depends on Actions Congress Takes
The Hill | July 20, 2020
Why Trump’s Move to Force International Students to Take In-person Classes This Fall Is Being Blasted as Harmful
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 8, 2020
Supreme Court Has Ruled on DACA, Now It's Time for Congress to Act
The Hill | June 20, 2020
College Closings, Economic Upheaval Make a Case for Blockchain Adoption
Education Dive | June 18, 2020
Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?
Inside Higher Ed | June 15, 2020
College in a Pandemic is Tough Enough — Without Reliable Broadband Access, It’s Nearly Impossible
The Hechinger Report | June 9, 2020
How College Students Can Help Reopen America
Inside Higher Ed | May 18, 2020
A Call for Ideas to Help Student Parents Succeed During and After COVID-19
Education Dive | May 6, 2020
The Courage of Medical Students
Inside Higher Ed | April 20, 2020
University Research is Key to COVID-19 Breakthroughs, Serving the Public Good
The Hill | March 23, 2020
Safeguarding Research on Campuses Against Foreign Threats
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2020
In Appreciation of a Public Servant
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 9, 2019
Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent Response
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2019
Guns on America's Campuses: Let the Colleges Decide
The Hill | Sept. 9, 2019
The Invisible China Threat: University Intellectual Property
The Hill | July 30, 2019
Ending the Stigma for College Students With Learning Disabilities
The Hechinger Report | July 16, 2019
Providing Prisoners With Expanded Access to Higher Education Is the Smart Thing to Do
The Hill | July 5, 2019
No Retreat
Inside Higher Ed | June 10, 2019
Ted Mitchell: Congress Must Act to Protect Dreamers Still Living in Legal Limbo
Fox News | May 21, 2019
Taxing College Scholarships: A Travesty to Low-income and Middle-class Students
The Hill | May 20, 2019
Black Students' 'Unprecedented and Unequal' College Debt Should Cause Alarm
The Hechinger Report | Feb. 19, 2019
Congress Must End the Purgatory for ‘Dreamers’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 9, 2018
Higher Education Must Clean Out Its ‘Front Porch’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 25, 2018
Only in America
Inside Higher Ed | Feb. 15, 2018
FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Could Raise College Costs and Hinder Free Exchange of Ideas
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 8, 2017
The House GOP Tax Bill Would Raise the Cost of College. We Can’t Let That Happen.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2017
Why Most Republicans Don’t Like Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education | July 19, 2017
History, Moral Leadership, and Georgetown
The Washington Post | April 26, 2017
The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue Diversity
The Chronicle of Higher Education | June 24, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Higher Education Must Rediscover Its Purpose
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Jan. 29, 2024
Don’t Blame Student Loan Debt on the Few Schools With Large Endowments
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2022
College Is Worth It
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2021
The Harsh New Reality Schools Are Facing on Title IX
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | May 24, 2020
The Flaw in a Higher Education Bill
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 1, 2019
How Long Will ‘Dreamers’ Have to Live in Limbo?
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 30, 2019
Readers Critique The Post: Ageism, Skateboarding, and the International Space Station
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 5, 2019
Blame the NBA, Not the NCAA, for Big-Time Athletes’ Dilemma
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Feb. 25, 2019
Weighing the Value of College
The New York Times (sub. req.) | May 26, 2018
Feds Must Help Colleges Reform and Change
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 23, 2018
Making College More Diverse Takes Hard, Customized Work
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 2, 2018
How to Assess What Students Have Learned
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 26, 2018
Tulane’s 41% Student Sexual Assault Rate
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Feb. 15, 2018
Should Rich College Endowments Be Taxed?
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Nov. 20, 2017
Proposed Tax on Private College Endowments Will Hurt Students
MinnPost (MN) | Nov. 16, 2017
The Dreamers Are a Good Part of America’s Future
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | July 25, 2017

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