The Dear Colleague Letter's deadline has left higher ed leaders scrambling to determine whether their programs comply with unclear new rules, according to a letter from the American Council on Education and more than 60 other organizations.

Open-access institutions are aligning with regional employers to ensure students won't be left behind by a disrupted workforce.

Academic programs at four-year universities must rebuild themselves to amend wilting employer and public trust and changing workforce competencies, says three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation.