Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
SS Higher Education Trends
College gives lower-income students less of a boost than it once did. Why?
Low-income students have become less likely to enroll at research universities and pursue high-return fields than their higher-income peers, a study found.
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Aug 8, 2025
‘You are college-ready’: Direct admissions comes to Alabama
Nearly 40 public and private institutions are participating, and many will include merit-based scholarships with their fall 2026 acceptance offers.
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Aug 8, 2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln to slash $27.5M from budget
The state’s flagship could eliminate academic programs and offer voluntary separation packages to make the cuts, its chancellor said.
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Aug 8, 2025
Higher ed groups ask Supreme Court to preserve lower court order to restore NIH grants
The Trump administration has asked the high court to pause the June ruling against the National Institutes of Health’s mass award cancellations.
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Aug 8, 2025