Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis

SS Higher Education Trends

Cornish College of the Arts opens under Seattle University banner

A majority of Cornish's original employees and nongraduating students will return to its Washington campus in fall 2025, the university said Tuesday.

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More teens lean toward alternative postsecondary options

Just 45% of students in grades 7-12 see a two- or four-year college as their most likely next step, a new survey found.

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For-profit performing arts college in New York to close

The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts said it had exhausted “every possible alternative” prior to the decision to wind down.

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3 takeaways from McMahon’s testimony on Trump’s FY26 budget plan

The education secretary defended the proposed elimination of federal funding for TRIO and Gear Up despite bipartisan pushback from lawmakers.

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