Education Articles

More than 440 private nonprofit colleges face closure risk due to declining enrollment and rising debt, with small rural and religiously affiliated institutions most endangered.

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reduce Head Start’s quality standards, replacing over 100 pages of regulations with roughly a dozen pages and deferring most requirements to state and local law.

UK classrooms exceeded 40C during recent heatwaves, forcing schools to close and leaving teachers and pupils struggling with heat-related illness and inability to learn effectively.

Nearly 4,000 academic positions in humanities and social sciences were eliminated at UK universities over one year, with subjects like classics, theology, and languages becoming inaccessible in many regions.

Multiple US schools are installing pepper-spraying drones designed to respond to active shooter situations, with aircraft deployed in Georgia, Florida, and Colorado.

California’s Transfer Success Pathway guarantees community college students admission to a CSU campus if they meet requirements and transfer within three years, providing coordinated support from both institutions.

Some graduate programs are offering scholarships or cutting tuition following new federal loan limits for graduate students, though debate continues over whether this signals broader cost reductions in higher education.

The Universities of Greenwich and Kent are merging to form the UK’s first “super-university” launching in September, with over 50,000 students across four campuses.

School districts nationwide face unprecedented budgeting uncertainty due to federal funding volatility, declining enrollment, and shifting state and local revenue sources, complicating planning for the upcoming school year.

School districts nationwide are preparing for increased parental pushback against classroom screen time, with leaders implementing technology audits and enhanced parent communication strategies for the coming school year.

The Defense Department is considering abolishing civilian tenure and conducting comprehensive curriculum reviews at military academies and war colleges to eliminate courses deemed ideologically driven or misaligned with combat readiness.

The Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College announced its closure after its financial responsibility score fell below the federal threshold required for student aid eligibility.