Inside Higher Ed Joshua Bay January 15, 2026 From Mississippi to South Dakota, states are seeing increased enrollment in courses that rely on at least one form of technology as colleges expand online and hybrid options. Mississippi led the nation in distance education enrollment growth, according to a recent analysis […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee January 12, 2026 Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal represents a sharp turnaround from last year, when he advocated for big higher ed cuts. Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2026-27 budget proposal, released Friday, would devote hundreds of millions of dollars in new funds […]
Campus Technology Mary Grush January 12, 2026 Conversations about AI in higher education will now shift, from a focus on new functionality and experimentation, to accountability and the best strategic uses of the technology to solve problems. In higher education implementations of AI, student data privacy is a hard and […]
U.S. Department of Education Casey K. Sacks January 12, 2026 Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept; it’s already reshaping how we live, work, and learn. But in education, the path forward isn’t linear. Some educators embrace AI enthusiastically, others reject it outright, and many more find themselves in […]
Real Clear Education Goldy Brown January 12, 2026 When I read the jobs reports in recent months showing consistent labor shortages, I don’t react like an economist. I react like a former classroom teacher, K–12 principal, who most recently served as a professor of education. After 25 years of watching […]
Stacker Daniel Donovan January 12, 2026 Going to college used to be a defining milestone in the classic American Dream. But as costs rise and returns on investment shrink, many young people are rethinking what “success” looks like and redefining the traditional path altogether. A new study by Skillit finds that a […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 9, 2026 One committee member abstained from the final vote, saying it was made clear that blocking consensus could put protections for students in undergraduate certificates at risk. After a week of talks and a final compromise from the Education Department, an advisory committee […]
Fox News Eric Revell January 7, 2026 Over 5M federal borrowers currently in default could see up to 15% of wages seized as pandemic-era pause ends The Trump administration is set to resume wage garnishment for federal student loan borrowers in default, with notices going out starting on Wednesday. Student loan borrowers in […]
Fortune Orianna Rose Royle January 6, 2026 “People need to reflect on—taking a student loan, going to college and being trained or educated for a profession that is rapidly changing—whether that’s still the right path,” Sander van ’t Noordende, the global CEO of Randstad, told Fortune. “We all grew up, with […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson January 7, 2026 A change in tax policy for 2026 has created some confusion over how certain forms of student loan forgiveness could now be taxed. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) specified that any student loan debt (federal, institutional, or private) that was modified or discharged from […]