Natalie Schwartz

4 days ago | highereddive.com | Natalie Schwartz

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The tuition discount rate at private nonprofit colleges for first-time, full-time undergraduates reached an average of 56.3% in the 2024-25 academic year, according to preliminary datafrom the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

5 days ago | highereddive.com | Natalie Schwartz

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Senate’s education committee released its own higher education proposals earlier this month for the sweeping reconciliation bill. While like the House-passed version it seeks to end Grad PLUS loans and add accountability for student outcomes, it also differs from the House bill in key ways.

1 week ago | highereddive.com | Natalie Schwartz

The Senate Finance Committee released a plan Mondayto hike the endowment tax up to 8% for the nation’s wealthiest private colleges,a rate that is far lower than what House lawmakers proposed in the sweeping reconciliation bill they passed last month.

1 week ago | highereddive.com | Natalie Schwartz

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 18 research universities asked a federal judge for permission to file an amicus brief supporting Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over its move to cut some $2.8 billion of the Ivy League institution’s funding. They seek to bolster Harvard’s arguments that the cuts threaten the federal government’s longstanding research partnership with the higher education sector.

2 weeks ago | highereddive.com | Laura Spitalniak |Natalie Schwartz |Ryan Golden

Harvard University argued June 12 that the Trump administration may attempt to use “creative relabeling” to circumnavigate a court order blocking its attempt to end the institution’s ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs has twice blocked attempts by the federal government to halt all international students from attending Harvard through temporary orders.