Katherine Knott

Washington, D.C., United States

News Editor @insidehighered. Federal policy nerd. Forever a recovering local news reporter. #MizzouMade (Views not of my employer)

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Students Without a Degree Value Higher Ed

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed in 2024 said they’d considered pursuing at least one degree or credential in the past two years.
SACS Names New President

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The leader of the Southern Regional Education Board will take over as president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the organization’s board announced last week. Stephen L. Pruitt, who has led SREB since July 2018, is replacing Belle Wheelan, who is retiring after 20 years at the helm of the nation’s largest accrediting agency. Pruitt will take over Aug. 1.
Trump Admin Cuts Off New Research Funding to Harvard

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Harvard has about $9 billion in grants and contracts from the federal government. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Harvard University won’t be getting any new grants, Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote in a blistering letter to the institution that was posted on the social media platform known as X.
Trump Proposes Deep Cuts to Education and Research

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Trump's budget blueprint reflects his plans to close the Education Department, among other priorities. Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to end funding for TRIO, federal work study and other grant programs that support students on campus as part of a broader plan to cut $163 billion in non-defense programs.
Ep. 154: How Trump’s First 100 Days Changed Higher Ed

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Custer |Katherine Knott |Liam Knox |Johanna Alonso

Reviewing the Trump Administration's impact on the education landscape with Inside Higher Ed. May 01, 2025 Inside Higher Ed’s editor in chief, Sara Custer, speaks with IHE’s news editor Katherine Knott and reporters Liam Knox and Johanna Alonso about the executive orders, funding cuts and visa revocations of the last three months that have sent shockwaves through the higher education sector. This episode is sponsored by Strada Education Foundation.
Lawsuit Challenging Deportations Can Continue

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Pro-Palestinian protesters can move forward. The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association sued in March in order to block the deportations, arguing that what they called the ideological-deportation policy created a climate of repression and fear on college campuses.
Education Dept. Says Penn Violated Title IX

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated the gender-equity law Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and will have 10 days to respond to a proposed agreement that would resolve the investigation. The announcement comes more than two months after OCR first opened a Title IX investigation into Penn.
Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Target Accreditation

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Jessica Blake |Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Trump signed seven education-related executive orders in the Oval Office on April 23. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump took aim at college accreditors in an executive order signed Wednesday that targets two accrediting agencies for investigation and suggests others could lose federal recognition altogether. The order was one of seven issued Wednesday as Trump nears the end of his first 100 days.
No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The National Institutes of Health is taking steps to tie colleges’ policies to grant funding. Grandbrothers / Getty Images If colleges and universities want to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), they’ll have to certify that they don’t operate any diversity, equity, inclusion or accessibility programs that violate federal antidiscrimination laws, under a new NIH policy announced Monday.
Debt Collection on Defaulted Student Loans to Restart in May

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Borrowers in default could see their tax refunds or other federal benefits withheld once collections resume. J. David Ake/Getty Images The Education Department will resume collecting on defaulted student loans early next month, restarting a system that’s been on hold since spring 2020, the agency announced Monday.