HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

July 26, 2024

A judge ruled Wednesday to prevent the Biden administration Title IX regulations from going into effect in six additional states... The Hill looks at whether President Biden’s higher ed policies could survive a second term by President Trump... 2U has filed for bankruptcy, raising concerns about the future of partnerships with online program managers, Inside Higher Ed writes... House Republicans subpoenaed the Department of Education for documents about the launch of the new FAFSA, USA Today reports.

New Title IX Rule Now Blocked in 21 States
Inside Higher Ed | July 26, 2024

How Trump Could Roll Back Biden Changes to Student Loans, Title IX
The Hill | July 25, 2024

2U Bankruptcy Adds Fuel to OPM Uncertainties
Inside Higher Ed | July 26, 2024

GOP Committee Orders Biden Administration to Hand Over Documents on FAFSA Rollout
USA Today | July 25, 2024

July 23, 2024

The Chronicle of Higher Education examines the potential impact of President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection... Inside Higher Ed explores Vice President Harris’ record on higher education... Weeks away from the fall semester beginning at some schools, there are students still waiting to find out how much they’ll have to pay, the Star Tribune writes.

What Biden’s Exit From the Presidential Race Could Mean for Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | July 22, 2024

Harris Has Championed Loan Forgiveness, For-Profit Crackdowns and Free College
Inside Higher Ed | July 23, 2024

College Classes Begin Next Month. Some Minnesota Students Still Don’t Have Financial Aid Offers.
Star Tribune (sub. req.) | July 23, 2024

July 22, 2024

After President Biden announced he would not seek reelection, Inside Higher Ed explores his legacy on higher education issues, while The Washington Post examines the future of his administration’s student loan repayment plan amid legal setbacks... The Department of Education has proposed new regulations that would expand TRIO to Dreamers, and it will delay new regulations on third-party servicers... Randy Woodson will step down as chancellor of North Carolina State University next summer after 15 years at the helm.

Biden, an Education President
Inside Higher Ed | July 21, 2024

The Uncertain Future of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan, Explained
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 19, 2024

Proposed Regulations Looks to Increase College Access
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | July 18, 2024

New OPM Regulations Aren’t Coming Until 2025, if They Happen at All
Inside Higher Ed | July 22, 2024

NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson to Retire in 2025 After 15 Years Leading the Wolfpack
The News & Observer (sub. req.) | July 18, 2024

July 19, 2024

Some students with an undocumented parent are still waiting for financial aid packages due to issues with the FAFSA, The Washington Post reports... A federal appeals court temporarily halted the Biden administration’s SAVE income-driven repayment plan on Thursday night... University of Florida President Ben Sasse shared that he will step down at the end of the month.

FAFSA Mess Leaves Mixed-Status Families in Limbo as School Year Looms
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 19, 2024

US Appeals Court Blocks All of Biden’s SAVE Student Debt Relief Plan
USA Today | July 18, 2024

Ben Sasse Resigns Unexpectedly as University of Florida President, Citing Wife’s Health
Miami Herald (sub. req.) | July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024

Inside Higher Ed looks at concerns the higher ed community raised with new cyberattack reporting requirements... The Pennsylvania state university system will not increase in-state tuition... USA Today explores the new look the ACT will have starting in spring 2025... A Boston Globe op-ed provides some recommendations to promote dialogue on campus and address antisemitism and Islamophobia... Goldie Blumenstyk, a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education and an alum of Colgate University, writes about the impact of a Colgate donor renaming a campus building to honor his Jewish heritage.

Higher Ed Groups Slam New DHS Cyber Proposal
Inside Higher Ed | July 18, 2024

For Sixth Straight Year, Pa. State University System Freezes Tuition
The Philadelphia Inquirer (sub. req.) | July 17, 2024

Big Changes Announced for the ACT College Admissions Test. What’s Different?
USA Today | July 17, 2024

OPINION: How Colleges Should Prepare to Counter Antisemitism, Islamophobia
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | July 18, 2024

OPINION: A Building’s New Name Hits Home
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | July 16, 2024

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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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