Inside Higher Ed Kathryn Palmer December 18, 2025 To keep pace with advances in generative artificial intelligence technology, two big online learning companies are planning to merge in a deal valued at $2.5 billion. Coursera announced its plans to absorb Udemy in a news release Wednesday; both companies launched during the massive open online course provider boom […]
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Higher Ed Dive Sydney Halleman December 18, 2025 A group of lawmakers is pushing back on proposed regulatory language that would limit federal student loans for graduate nursing programs to $100,000. Dive Brief: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advocating for the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees as “professional degrees” in […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Josh Moody December 17, 2025 The first NACIQI meeting with Trump appointees in place featured fiery rhetoric against accreditors and questions about diversity, equity and inclusion. President Donald Trump’s skepticism of the current accreditation system bled into Tuesday’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) meeting—the first since Education Secretary Linda […]
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Federal Student Aid December 15, 2025 Subject: Save the Date: Federal Student Aid Training Conference, March 4–6, 2026 We are pleased to announce that we will host an in-person training conference for financial aid professionals on March 4–6, 2026, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. This event will give us […]
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