Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis

SS Higher Education Trends

Week in Review: Deep program cuts proposed at the Education Department

We’re rounding up last week’s news, from possible reductions to Pell Grants and other programs to the continued consolidation of colleges.

By SS Jun 10, 2025

Top takeaways from OCR nominee’s Senate confirmation hearing

Kimberly Richey, the acting head of the Office for Civil Rights in the first Trump administration, addressed questions on higher caseloads, Title IX and more.

By SS Jun 8, 2025

No more in-state tuition for undocumented students in Texas

A federal judge Wednesday signed off on a joint plan from the state and the U.S. Department of Justice to revoke the 24-year-old practice.

By SS Jun 7, 2025

Trump administration appeals pause on Education Department cuts to SCOTUS

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that the agency’s efforts to reduce its workforce must stop while a lawsuit against it is argued.