Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
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Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit
Policy changes under the Trump administration could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in funding losses for the institution.
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May 2, 2025
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.
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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.
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May 1, 2025