HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

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

October 24, 2025

A large majority of Americans oppose federal control over college admissions, hiring, and curriculum, according to a new survey... Carleton College President Alison Byerly writes in The Minnesota Star Tribune that colleges and universities are responsible to the public, not the Trump administration... A new report found that 70 percent of jobs in Utah will require postsecondary education by 2031... Colleges in Virginia, Oklahoma, and Idaho are seeking additional funding to support students amid federal and state funding cuts and increased enrollment.

70% of Americans Say Feds Shouldn’t Control Admissions, Curriculum
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 24, 2025

Opinion | Higher Ed Is Responsible to the Public, Not the Trump Administration
The Minnesota Star Tribune (sub. req.) | Oct. 23, 2025

More Than 70% of Utah Jobs Will Require Postsecondary Education by 2031, Report Claims
KUTV | Oct. 23, 2025

VA.’s Private Colleges and Universities Seek Additional Funding Amid Federal Cuts
Virginia Mercury | Oct. 23, 2025

Higher Education Leaders Ask Oklahoma Legislature To Increase Budget by Millions
Oklahoma Voice | Oct. 23, 2025

Analysis: Idaho Higher Ed Has More Students — But Fewer State Dollars To Support Them
Idaho Education News | Oct. 23, 2025

October 23, 2025

As the federal shutdown enters its fourth week, colleges and researchers face mounting strain, Inside Higher Ed reports... An essay in The New York Times warns that Trump administration policies could lead to more closures of colleges, devastating communities that depend on these institutions… The University of Virginia reached a settlement with the Trump administration to end investigations into its DEI policies...States increased the financial aid they awarded students by 12 percent in 2023-2024, according to a new report... EdSource looks at the expansion of direct admissions policies in states across the country.

In Fourth Week, Government Shutdown Increasingly Hinders Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 23, 2025

What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 22, 2025

University of Virginia Reaches Deal To Pause Trump Administration Probes
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Oct. 22, 2025

State Financial Aid Increased 12% in 2023–24
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 23, 2025

You’re in and Didn’t Even Apply? Why College Direct Admissions Is Growing Nationally
EdSource | Oct. 23, 2025

October 22, 2025

ACE President Ted Mitchell joined PBS News Hour to discuss how higher education has been responding to pressure from the Trump administration... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued to block the Trump administration's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, Higher Ed Dive reports, and Bloomberg Law reports that the Trump administration has clarified that recent international graduates with an H-1B visa are among those who won't have to pay the new fee... Inside Higher Ed looks at how cuts at the Education Department could affect students with disabilities... The number of education degrees awarded in the United States has steadily decreased over the last two decades, according to a new report.

Another University Declines Trump’s Offer for Priority Funding
News Hour | Oct. 21, 2025

Us Chamber Sues White House To Block ‘Plainly Unlawful’ H-1B Visa Fee
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 21, 2025

Foreign Grads Seeking H-1B Status Avoid $100,000 Trump Fee
Bloomberg Law | Oct. 20, 2025

How Will ED’s Latest Layoffs Affect Students With Disabilities?
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 22, 2025

Where Are Tomorrow’s Teachers? Education Degrees Drop Over 2 Decades.
Higher Ed Dive | Oct. 21, 2025

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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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