While much attention has been focused on how enrollment declines are putting private, nonprofit colleges out of business at an accelerating rate—at least 17 of them in 2024—public universities and colleges are facing their own existential crises.

"Enrollment" holds the top spot as the most significant risk faced by colleges and universities, according to this annual report from United Educators.

Critics of a new pilot program in Florida believe state policymakers are using ROI as a guise for political aims to influence curriculum.

Cyberattacks on higher ed have been rising for years, and this trend will likely continue. In response, we can expect to see several new data privacy and security developments that will impact higher education in the new year.