Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee June 24, 2026 Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency. Dive Snapshot: Private colleges face a deteriorating outlook as inflation outpaces rising tuition revenue and institutions navigate myriad other operating challenges, according to a report Tuesday from Fitch Ratings. In […]
Read MoreHigher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee June 25, 2026 The agency released widely contested regulations this spring to block access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students. A federal court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education from applying new regulations significantly restricting which graduate degrees count as “professional.” The designation allows students pursuing such degrees […]
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NASFAA Maria Carrasco June 26, 2026 Federal Student Aid (FSA) on Tuesday released newly updated data from 70 quarterly application, disbursement, and loan portfolio reports, showing a 1.3 million uptick in the number of borrowers in default since the last quarter in 2025. As part of a quarterly update, FSA’s updated reports include new data […]
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Ed Source Lasherica Thornton June 24, 2026 California has invested heavily in career technical education, earmarking $300 million annually since 2021 to help schools prepare students for jobs in fields such as healthcare, public safety and engineering. Yet, over the past five years, more than $115 million of that funding — an average of $23 […]
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