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Colleges Steered Pell Students to Parent PLUS Loans, Report Finds
Students at dozens of universities who are eligible for Pell Grants also take out Parent PLUS loans in order to […]
February 13, 2026
CUNY Trains Community in Constructive Dialogue
A professor encouraged Mitchell Gregorovic, a graduate student in secondary education at Hunter College, to take a course in constructive […]
February 13, 2026
Faculty Moving Away From Outright Bans on AI, Study Finds
Academics are increasingly allowing artificial intelligence to be used for certain tasks rather than demanding outright bans, a study of […]
February 13, 2026
NSF Returns Fellowship Applications With Minimal Reasoning
Fellowship proposals have been returned prior to review, as the agency says the research outlined fails to meet eligibility requirements. […]
February 13, 2026
Some Unbelievable Higher Ed News
Back in December, I wrote a post titled “What Are We Even Doing Here?” in which I discussed some of […]
February 13, 2026
State Higher Ed Officials Do Away With the Term “Noncredit”
A couple of years ago, the Louisiana Board of Regents decided to ditch the term “noncredit” as a way to […]
February 13, 2026
To Reach Students, College Marketers Prioritize AI Visibility
When Abby Isle’s daughter, now a senior in high school, began looking into colleges in late 2024, she had no […]
February 13, 2026
UT Austin Folds Gender, Ethnic Studies Into Single Department
In a meeting with the affected department chairs Thursday, Interim Dean David Sosa did not announce any immediate firings. The […]
February 13, 2026
Who is stifling whose free speech here?
This blog was kindly authored by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Strategy at the Higher Education Policy Institute. If […]
February 13, 2026
California challenges Trump administration’s threat to withhold $5 billion over gender identity disclosure
Packed crowd anticipates discussion on Orange Unified Parental Notification Policy on Sept. 8, 2023. Credit: Mallika Seshadri / EdSource Top […]
February 13, 2026
Higher education postcard: UCL, the early years
Two hundred years and two days ago (at least if this is published on 13 February 2026, as I expect, […]
February 13, 2026
Tax rules are penalising some external examiners
Pathway programmes and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) provision play a critical role in UK higher education, particularly in supporting […]
February 13, 2026
It’s time to respond to UCAS
UCAS may only have been in existence in its current form since 1993 but, as it plays such a central […]
February 13, 2026
Universities that can learn means getting beyond the staff–student binary
The binary between staff and students is outdated, and often harmful. At a time when we often frame the student […]
February 13, 2026
Virginia Tech Bans University-Funded Affinity Graduations
Virginia Tech said the move aligns with unspecified Education Department guidance. Tim Pennington/Getty Images Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University […]
February 13, 2026
When is AR/VR in learning design worth the investment?
What skills are we trying to develop? The 8-Stage Learning Design Framework (8-SLDF) dictates that Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual […]
February 13, 2026
How We Paid for College for Triplets Without Parent Loans
This story was first published in our Paying for College 101 Facebook community. It’s been edited for clarity and flow. If […]
February 13, 2026
Carnegie Launches Strategic Advisory Council in Higher Education
Carnegie, a leading provider of comprehensive solutions for higher education, today announced its new cohort of the Carnegie Strategic Advisory […]
February 13, 2026
West Contra Costa school board approves $42 million in cuts to close budget gap
Supporters of the Betty Reid Soskin Middle School turned out in force to try to persuade the West Contra Costa […]
February 13, 2026
Carnegie Wins Five Educational Digital Marketing Awards
Carnegie is proud to announce that our partners earned five honors at the 13th Annual Educational Digital Marketing Awards, a […]
February 12, 2026