The order requires major athletic departments to preserve scholarships for women's and Olympic sports, while aiming to curb the explosive growth of name, image and likeness deals—known as NIL—that have dramatically transformed athlete compensation in recent years.
Medical students will be barred from borrowing more than $50K per year, with a $200K lifetime cap. Some say that students need to be working harder to pay for higher education while others say the caps put the onus back on colleges and universities to rein in the rising cost of tuition.
Albright College says it ended its recent fiscal year with a more than $10 million surplus, zeroing out its deficit by slashing operational costs, eliminating half of its full-time staff, and selling unused property and other assets.
The Department of Education is deciding whether universities' scholarships for documented students are violating anti-discrimination law under Title IV.
Recovering revenue and retaining students through pre-collections will determine which institutions can weather the uncertainty facing higher education today.
Republican leaders nationwide are pushing to reshape university governance, echoing the Trump administration's funding freeze at Harvard. At Indiana University, alumni are protesting the governor's removal of elected trustees.
Promoting conservative voices on campus can help viewpoint diversity flourish. Some leaders believe it begins with teaching students how to engage with one another.
The number of high school senior applicants with at least one parent lacking legal status has nearly rebounded to the 2023 number after the revised financial aid form last year kept them from being able to apply without parental Social Security numbers for several months.
Most Americans think college costs more than it does—keeping many from enrolling. A new survey says more transparent pricing could help change those opinions.
