HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week April 22, 2026 Section 1 ContentInside Higher Ed looks at whether some Grad PLUS borrowers will face loan caps. . .A coalition of organizations is suing over a directive that threatens to strip federal contracts from colleges over their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, reports Higher Ed Dive. . .The Washington Post explores campus dinners held with the goal of repairing the Black-Jewish alliance in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. . .Institutions in Ohio are using campus food pantries to help students experiencing food insecurity. . .Some Grad PLUS Borrowers Could Face Loan CapsInside Higher Ed | April 22, 2026 Higher Education Groups Challenge Trump’s Latest Anti-DEI OrderHigher Ed Dive | April 22, 2026Campus Dinners Aim to Repair Black-Jewish Alliance, Frayed by the Gaza WarThe Washington Post | April 22, 2026 Food Pantries on Ohio College Campuses Help Students Experiencing Food InsecurityOhio Capital Journal | April 22, 2026 Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right April 21, 2026 Section 2 ContentThe Justice Department has delayed the deadline by a year for complying with new federal accessibility standards under the Americans With Disabilities Act, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. . .Inside Higher Ed looks at the potential impact to higher education institutions of the cuts imposed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on state health care and nutrition programs. . .Community colleges are working to fill a critical shortage by training Los Angeles construction workers, writes the Los Angeles Times. . .Colleges Were Sweating a Major Compliance Deadline. Now the Justice Dept. Has Delayed It.The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 20, 2026 States Grapple With Effects of OBBBA Cuts on Higher EdInside Higher Ed | April 21, 2026 Community Colleges Racing to Train L.A. Construction WorkersLos Angeles Times | April 20, 2026 Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right April 20, 2026 Section 3 ContentInside Higher Ed reports on the status of the accreditation negotiated rulemaking session while The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the Department of Education's focus on accreditation for specialized academic programs. . .The Hill and University Business explore the impact of proposed and already imposed cuts on research funding. . .After Week of Negotiations, ED’s Accreditation Proposals Remain IntactInside Higher Ed April 20, 2026 The Lesser-Known Way That Trump’s Accreditation Overhaul Could Change College ProgramsThe Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 17, 2026 National Science Foundation’s Future in Limbo as Trump Eyes CutsThe Hill | April 19, 2026Research Cuts Are Now Having a Chilling Effect on AcademiaUniversity Business | April 17, 2026 Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right April 17, 2026 Section 4 ContentHigher Ed Dive reports on a study by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education finding that gifts to U.S. colleges and universities rose by 4% year-over-year, while Fortune writes about philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's contributions to HBCUs and community colleges. . .Inside Higher Ed looks in separate stories at how civil rights law is being used to target antisemitism on campuses and, in a story reported by Times Higher Education, at how virtual fellowships are a lifeline for Gazan academics . . .Donations to Colleges Hold Steady Amid Higher Ed DisruptionHigher Ed Dive | April 14, 2026 MacKenzie Scott is Bypassing the Ivy League and Rewriting the $79 Billion Higher Ed Playbook by Giving to HBCUs and Community CollegesForbes (sub. req.) | April 16, 2026 A ‘Legal Movement’ Against Campus AntisemitismInside Higher Edv | April 17, 2026Virtual Fellowships a ‘Lifeline’ for Gazan AcademicsInside Higher Ed | April 17, 2026 Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right April 16, 2026 Section 5 ContentAn Inside Higher Ed analysis finds that fewer college and university leaders have a seat at the accreditation negotiating table compared to a similar rule-making effort in 2019. . .Yale University is weighing changes to admissions and grading policies to help raise public trust in higher education, after releasing a report on the topic, writes The Washington Post. . .University of Georgia System Chancellor Sonny Perdue has announced he will retire. . . In Accreditation Talks, Colleges and Accreditors Have Fewer VotesInside Higher Ed | April 16, 2026 Yale Considers Changes to Admissions, Grading to Regain Trust in Higher EdThe Washington Post | April 15, 2026 Sonny Perdue to Retire From Georgia's University SystemSavannah Morning News | April 16, 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