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U.S. Universities Among 7 Approved to Set Up Greek Branch Campuses

U.S. Universities Among 7 Approved to Set Up Greek Branch Campuses sara.custer@in… Fri, 07/31/2026 - 03:00 AM Institutions from the U.S., U.K. and France have been given the go-ahead following a controversial change in the law governing private institutions. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/ZV8jQPr via IFTTT

ED Scraps Tool to Investigate Discrimination

ED Scraps Tool to Investigate Discrimination Sara Weissman Fri, 07/24/2026 - 03:00 AM For decades, the Office for Civil Rights investigated whether educational institutions’ policies disparately impacted minority groups in discriminatory ways. Not anymore. Byline(s) Sara Weissman from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/hEFuPbI via IFTTT

U.K. Prime Minister Axes Science Department, Names New Education Secretary

U.K. Prime Minister Axes Science Department, Names New Education Secretary sara.custer@in… Thu, 07/23/2026 - 03:00 AM Andy Burnham, the new leader of the British government, has formed a cabinet and shuttered a stand-alone science department. Byline(s) Helen Packer for Times Higher Ed from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/GWan2bc via IFTTT

Survey: Majority of Americans Say College Not Affordable

Survey: Majority of Americans Say College Not Affordable kathryn.palmer… Wed, 07/22/2026 - 03:00 AM Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters of parents want their child to pursue some type of higher education after high school, with the strongest preference for a four-year degree.  Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/dvRKjhl via IFTTT

New Initiative Targets Transfer Credit Loss

New Initiative Targets Transfer Credit Loss Joshua.Bay Mon, 07/20/2026 - 03:00 AM Higher education accreditor SACSCOC’s new consortium aims to create common transfer pathways and shorten time to degree. Byline(s) Joshua Bay from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/jLsxnKc via IFTTT

The View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed Actually Requires

The View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed Actually Requires Elizabeth Redden Fri, 07/17/2026 - 03:00 AM Leaning into competency-based education is one answer. Byline(s) Raymond J. Rice from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/AEvCo90 via IFTTT

Relocation of Education Department to Facilitate Redevelopment

Relocation of Education Department to Facilitate Redevelopment Katherine Knott Thu, 07/16/2026 - 11:30 AM ED will be leaving its headquarters regardless of where Energy is housed. We supported this resolution to pave the way for Washington to convert unused federal real estate into housing and greater tax revenue. Byline(s) Letters to the Editor from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/jUWFyrh via IFTTT

House Republicans Advance Legislation to Formally Dismantle ED

House Republicans Advance Legislation to Formally Dismantle ED jessica.blake@… Thu, 07/16/2026 - 03:00 AM Democrats argued that the legislation is counterproductive and would create more bureaucracy, not less. Byline(s) Jessica Blake from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/Jr9uvNx via IFTTT

Trump One Step Closer to Removing ED From LBJ Building

Trump One Step Closer to Removing ED From LBJ Building jessica.blake@… Wed, 07/15/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Jessica Blake from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/qUtxZnj via IFTTT

How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom

How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom sara.custer@in… Tue, 07/14/2026 - 03:00 AM A conversation with Tim Cain, an academic freedom expert and professor of higher education at the University of Georgia. Byline(s) Dominique J. Baker from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/vBut1ol via IFTTT

House Republicans’ Bills Could Dismantle the Education Dept.

House Republicans’ Bills Could Dismantle the Education Dept. jessica.blake@… Mon, 07/13/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Jessica Blake from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/An0ZF5Q via IFTTT

Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle ‘Disease’ of Fake Degrees

Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle ‘Disease’ of Fake Degrees sara.custer@in… Fri, 07/10/2026 - 03:00 AM New technologies are making academic fraud ever more common and sophisticated. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/nS6JHzb via IFTTT

College Associations Say Expanded List of Professional Degrees Is ‘Incomplete’

College Associations Say Expanded List of Professional Degrees Is ‘Incomplete’ jessica.blake@… Thu, 07/09/2026 - 03:00 AM Several health-care degrees like advanced nursing, physician assistants and occupational therapists were added, but others, like master’s in social work and education, were not. Byline(s) Jessica Blake from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/pEGScUa via IFTTT

Education Dept. Eyes Changing College Merger, Civil Rights Enforcement Regs

Education Dept. Eyes Changing College Merger, Civil Rights Enforcement Regs jessica.blake@… Wed, 07/08/2026 - 03:00 AM Many of the agenda items have to do with culture war issues like defining sex and cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion. Byline(s) Jessica Blake from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/McKfFSP via IFTTT

Accreditor Puts Mary Baldwin U on Probation Over Finances

Accreditor Puts Mary Baldwin U on Probation Over Finances gianna.jakubowski Mon, 07/06/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Gianna Jakubowski from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/09rDxtI via IFTTT

New AI Agents Pose ‘Existential Threat’ to How Grants Are Awarded

New AI Agents Pose ‘Existential Threat’ to How Grants Are Awarded sara.custer@in… Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:00 AM The rapid development of technology is outpacing any attempts to reform assessment systems, researchers warn. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/LsbfwUm via IFTTT

How a Few Foundations Shape American Higher Education

How a Few Foundations Shape American Higher Education Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 03:00 AM They answer only to themselves, and many mean to last forever. Byline(s) Tao Tan Howard Husock from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/FceZSzJ via IFTTT

3 Questions for OG Education Innovator MJ Bishop

3 Questions for OG Education Innovator MJ Bishop joshua.m.kim@d… Tue, 06/30/2026 - 03:00 AM Transitions. Byline(s) Joshua Kim from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/mlSfzE9 via IFTTT

Female Academics ‘Increasingly Delay Motherhood’ Until Age 35

Female Academics ‘Increasingly Delay Motherhood’ Until Age 35 Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 06/26/2026 - 03:00 AM “Pronounced penalties” for those early-career staff with children may explain why Ph.D.s postpone becoming parents, a recent study finds. Byline(s) Jack Grove for Times Higher Education from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/Apo8C0S via IFTTT

Judge Tosses ED’s ‘Professional’ Degree Definition, Likely Aiding Student Borrowers

Judge Tosses ED’s ‘Professional’ Degree Definition, Likely Aiding Student Borrowers Ryan Quinn Thu, 06/25/2026 - 01:29 PM The ruling says the Education Department violated Congress’s instructions by adding criteria strictly limiting which degrees qualify for higher federal student loan borrowing caps. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/9a7v8S0 via IFTTT