Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
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Education Department unveils guidance to make switching accreditors easier
The new process could result in colleges changing accrediting agencies with little review into whether they’re trying to evade oversight, one expert said.
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May 2, 2025
This week in 5 numbers: Sweeping higher ed bill advances
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a proposal that would cap federal student lending and cut Pell eligibility to another university closing its doors.
By SS
May 2, 2025
Limestone University to close after fundraising blitz falls short
The Christian institution in South Carolina raised over $2 million in two weeks but fell short of the estimated $6 million it needed to avoid shuttering.
By SS
May 1, 2025
Senate education panel postpones vote on polarizing antisemitism definition
The bill would require the U.S. Department of Education to use a controversial definition that critics say would undermine free speech.
By SS
May 1, 2025