Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
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Columbia faces discrimination lawsuit from Palestinian employees and students
Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution instead "actively participated in and amplified" racial and political targeting of its campus members.
By SS
Aug 13, 2026
Elite colleges are returning to the SAT and ACT. Will others follow?
Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere.
By SS
Aug 11, 2026
Week in review: The conservative vision for higher ed
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
By SS
Aug 11, 2026
How Sonoma State saved academic programs slated for closure
After wide-ranging academic cuts, the public institution’s leaders worked with faculty to make some previously doomed programs more efficient and viable.
By SS
Aug 11, 2026