HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

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

June 24, 2025

According to Inside Higher Ed, student aid professionals worry that reduced federal funding for institutions and student aid programs means students will face higher costs... The State Department’s new social media screening policy for international students could delay student visa approvals, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes... A federal judge enjoined the Trump administration’s attempt to ban international students from entering the country to attend Harvard, The New York Times reports.

Federal Cuts Put Institutional Aid at Risk
Inside Higher Ed | June 24, 2025

Could New Social-Media Screening Create a Student-Visa Bottleneck?
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | June 23, 2025

Judge Blocks Trump Proclamation Barring Harvard’s International Students
The New York Times (sub. req.) | June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from barring Harvard from enrolling international students... President Trump indicated on social media that a deal with Harvard is imminent, The Boston Globe writes, while The New York Times explores the many federally funded scientific projects that are at stake in Harvard’s negotiations with the Trump administration... Higher Ed Dive tracks the Trump administration’s repeated efforts to cap indirect cost reimbursement for federal grants... University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce reflects on her decade in the role in The Seattle Times... Arizona State University President Michael Crow writes in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that the best students from around the world are needed to help drive U.S. innovation and success.

Judge Grants Harvard Injunction in International Student Case
Inside Higher Ed | June 20, 2025

Months Into His Fight With Harvard, Trump Now Says ‘HISTORIC’ Deal Is Close
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | June 20, 2025

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
The New York Times (sub. req.) | June 22, 2025

Tracking the Trump Administration’s Moves to Cap Indirect Research Funding
Higher Ed Dive | June 19, 2025

UW President Cauce Looks Back — And Forward — In Last Days on the Job
The Seattle Times (sub. req.) | June 21, 2025

OPINION: Foreign Students Help Make America Great
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | June 20, 2025