Inside Higher Ed Paula Marantz Cohen March 12, 2026 We must revitalize general education—and, in doing so, we will begin to solve other problems facing the university. Higher education is suffering on many fronts. Even as we decry government interference, most of us in academia agree that reform is needed. The sticker price for college […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed David Eubanks March 3, 2026 Accreditors are uniquely positioned to address grade inflation and issues of transcript quality. The meaningfulness of college transcripts has been eroding for decades. While national data on grades is scarce, there is plenty of evidence that A’s are becoming the default grade across much of higher ed (with some dissenting views). High-profile […]
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Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak March 10, 2026 One of the public system’s campuses, San José State University, is facing a loss of federal funding over its transgender student-athlete policies. Dive Brief: The California State University system sued the Trump administration Friday in response to its threats to pull San José State University’s federal funding over the public institution’s […]
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Thompson Coburn Scott Z. Goldschmidt and Aaron D. Lacey July 24, 2026 Buried within the more than 800 pages of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBB”) are several significant provisions affecting institutions of higher education and the broader higher education sector. Over the next few weeks, Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Practice, in conjunction with our Lobbying […]
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