Education Articles

A federal court ruled that approximately 450,000 borrowers defrauded by predatory colleges will have their student loans erased, concluding a seven-year legal battle that spanned three presidential administrations.

Jason Arday, a Cambridge professor facing plagiarism allegations, claimed his forthcoming memoir secured a 1.4 million publishing deal. He resigned after the university announced an investigation into his qualifications.

New federal policies are reshaping American higher education, including caps on graduate student loans, expanded workforce training grants, and proposed changes to federal research funding allocation.

Multiple states have cut or faced shortfalls in financial aid programs this year, leaving tens of thousands of students with unexpected reductions in scholarship funding and raising questions about program sustainability.

Students heading to university in England face mounting debt and higher tax rates, with lifetime repayments more than doubling under the latest loan plan compared to earlier schemes.

Digital course materials are driving down college textbook costs, with students spending an average of $338 in the 2025–26 academic year, a 44 percent decline over the past decade.

Texas community colleges exceeded performance metrics under a new outcomes-based funding model but now face potential budget cuts because the state didn’t appropriate sufficient funds to cover their success.

Boston University will offer free tuition to families earning up to $200,000 starting this fall, with financial contributions capped at $20,000 and all costs covered for families earning up to $75,000.

Haverford College has settled a lawsuit filed by a Jewish student group in 2024 alleging the college mishandled antisemitism complaints during campus Gaza protests.

A leading school violence researcher publicly reversed decades of assumptions about preventing school shootings, shifting focus from school climate improvements to media coverage and perpetrator publicity.

Multiple U.S. schools are installing pepper-spraying drones developed by Campus Guardian Angel to respond to active shooter situations, a technology approach inspired by military applications in Ukraine.

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