Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
SS Higher Education Trends
Private colleges grew revenue last year — but not by enough, Fitch says
Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency.
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Jun 26, 2026
Kansas joins DOJ in effort to end in-state tuition for undocumented students
The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.
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Jun 26, 2026
Persistence rate tops 77%, the highest level in a decade, report finds
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.
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Jun 26, 2026
Court temporarily blocks Ed Dept regulations limiting ‘professional’ degrees
The agency released widely contested regulations this spring that blocked access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.
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Jun 26, 2026