HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

March 13, 2026

The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking higher education policy developments in state legislatures... Inside Higher Ed and Higher Ed Dive analyze trends in this year's college application data... Ravi Bellamkonda, Ohio State University provost, will be the institution's next president.

State Policy Live Updates: Indiana Approves Earnings Test, While Missouri Weighs Funding Change
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 11, 2026

3 Things to Know About This Year’s Application Data
Inside Higher Ed | March 13, 2026

Black Students Are the Fastest Growing Demographic for Common App
Higher Ed Dive | March 13, 2026

Ohio State Names Provost as Its New President after Predecessor’s Abrupt Resignation
The Associated Press | March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

The Trump administration is attempting to ban DEI programs by proposing a policy that would require all federal funding recipients to certify that they do not have such initiatives, Higher Ed Dive reports... A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to report an expanded set of admissions data, the Associated Press reports... A government watchdog found that the Office of Federal Student Aid abandoned oversight of loan servicers, NPR reports... Education Secretary Linda McMahon touts in The Washington Post the administration's efforts to overhaul the federal student loan and accountability systems... The Hechinger Report looks at the growth of three-year bachelors programs.

GSA Plan Would Ban DEI for All Federal Funding Recipients — Including Colleges
Higher Ed Dive | March 11, 2026

States Sue the Trump Administration to Challenge Policy Requiring Colleges to Collect Race Data
Associated Press | March 11, 2026

Key Oversight Helping Keep Student Loan Records Accurate Has Stopped, a Watchdog Says
NPR | March 11, 2026

Colleges Have an Obligation to Ensure Their Students Pay off Their Loans
The Washington Post | March 12, 2026

Faster, Thinner: Colleges Are Swiftly Trimming a B.A. Degree to Three Years
The Hechinger Report | March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026

The Atlantic reports on how higher education has defended its mission in the face of Trump administration’s attacks... Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Phillip Levine details how his research shows that college prices have declined for most families over the last six years... Inside Higher Ed looks at how the Education Department has changed in the year since the Trump administration sharply cut its staff... A bipartisan report looks at how the federal government can work with education leaders and other stakeholders to develop a robust workforce amid the AI expansion.

Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has Hit a Snag
The Atlantic (sub. req.) | March 10, 2026

Actually, College Is Getting Cheaper
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 10, 2026

Education Dept. Layoffs Leave Scars Behind the Scenes
Inside Higher Ed | March 11, 2026

The Bipartisan Appeal of Growing Talent Amid the AI Boom
Inside Higher Ed | March 11, 2026

March 10, 2026

Inside Higher Ed's Survey of College and University Presidents shows presidents are navigating a wide mix of challenges... New F-1 student visas awarded last summer declined 36 percent, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports... State policymakers have proposed bills to recognize and sustain Minority-Serving Institutions after the Education Department cut their funding, Inside Higher Ed reports... Sherry Kollmann, chancellor of the New Mexico State University Global Campus, will be Vermont State University's next president.

Presidents Pressured in Trump’s Second Term
Inside Higher Ed | March 10, 2026

The Drop in International Students Last Year Was Worse Than We Thought
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | March 7, 2026

State Lawmakers Step In to Support Minority-Serving Institutions
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2026

New Vermont State University president appointed
VTDigger | March 9, 2026

March 9, 2026

The Education Department is offering a three-week extension with conditions for institutions to meet its new admissions data reporting requirements, Inside Higher Ed reports... The Education Department released its proposed Workforce Pell regulations... President Trump said he would issue an executive order to reshape college athletics... The Hechinger Report covers how some Trump administration officials are working to rebuild the Institute of Education Sciences, which faced severe cuts last year.

ED Offers Deadline Extension on Admissions Survey, With Some Conditions
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2026

U.S. Accepting Public Comments on Proposed Workforce Pell Rule
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2026

Trump Vows to Write Executive Order to Reshape College Sports
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | March 7, 2026

DOGE Tore Down the Education Department’s Research and Statistical Agency. Now Some in the Trump Administration Are Pushing to Rebuild It
The Hechinger Report | March 9, 2026

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Trump’s ‘Compact’ Is Bad for Colleges – And Bad for America
U.S. News | Oct. 20, 2025
Americans Need to Work Together to Fix Education. We’ve Both Done It Before on Opposite Sides
Fox News | July 9, 2025
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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