Executive order 2026-07 ends new lifetime tenure at Oklahoma’s regional universities, moving new hires to renewable contracts tied to performance and workforce needs while protecting current tenured faculty.
The Nevada Board of Regents voted eight to five to approve a 12% tuition increase for universities and upper-division courses at community colleges over the next three years.
Students—including young cohorts—are favoring affordable programs that lead directly to career opportunities, and community colleges are answering the call.
An Indiana Senate bill includes language that could require public colleges to cut degree programs if graduates earn less than peers with only a high school diploma. The measure now moves to the House.
About 6 in 10 Kentucky undergraduate students now graduate debt free, according to a report from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. That’s up from 2019-20, when about 4 in 10 students graduated debt free.
Nevada regents approved a 9% to 12% tuition increase at eight public colleges to help close a $46.5 million budget gap and avoid cuts. UNR and UNLV students will eventually pay about $1,200 more per year.
