Ben Unglesbee

3 days ago | highereddive.com | Ben Unglesbee

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The University of Idaho and the University of Phoenix have agreed to nixtheir deal for the state university to acquire the for-profit college, the two institutions said Tuesday. The University of Idaho will ask the state’s board of regents to terminate the agreement at a meeting Thursday, according to a news release.

4 days ago | highereddive.com | Ben Unglesbee

Keystone College has completed its merger with the nonprofit Washington Institute for Education and Research, the private Pennsylvania institution announced Monday. The transaction, which has been approved by the college’s accreditor as well as state and federal regulators, makes Keystone a subsidiary of WIER, though the college will “continue operations under its current name and educational mission,” the institution said.

5 days ago | highereddive.com | Ben Unglesbee

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Maximum Pell Grants would be cut by nearly $1,700, or about 23%, under the U.S. Department of Education's fleshed-out fiscal 2026 budget request released on Friday. The new maximum award would be $5,710 for the 2026-27 award year. The number of Pell Grant awards would fall by 111,000 from fiscal 2025 levels and aid available to students would decrease by $9.3 billion, to $27.7 billion, according to the budget document.

5 days ago | highereddive.com | Ben Unglesbee

House Republicans passed — by one vote — a massive spending bill backed by President Donald Trump with heavy implications for higher education.Among other proposals, it would raise and expand the endowment tax, introduce a risk-sharing program that would put colleges on the hook for unpaid student debt, nix subsidized loans and narrow eligibility for Pell Grants. Many expect the Senate to make changes to the bill.

1 week ago | highereddive.com | Ben Unglesbee

Sixteen statessued the National Science Foundation on Wednesdayover the agency’s cap on funding for research overhead and its mass termination of grants related to diversity, equity and other topics deemed verboten by the Trump administration. Plaintiffs allege both moves violate federal lawand threaten major research projects and millions of dollars in federal funding at universities in their states. An NSF spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit.