Higher Ed Dive

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 | Carolyn Crist

Fewer than 30% of high school students feel “very prepared” to pursue a postsecondary pathway, whether a traditional four-year college degree, work or other options, according to a June 10 report from Jobs for the Future, Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. Even among students interested in a specific pathway, only 46% said they feel “very prepared,” the report found.

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 | Ben Unglesbee

Temple University President John Fry this week signaled that officials expect to eliminate jobsas the public institution in Philadelphia navigates choppy fiscal waters. University leaders forecast a $60 million structural deficit for fiscal 2026, Fry said in an announcement to the Temple community. That comes after the university shrank an $85 million projected deficit to $19 million for fiscal 2025.

1 week ago | highereddive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. States suing the U.S. Department of Education over its mass layoffs claim the reduction in force is impacting the agency's legally required functions, including research and grant distribution.