Lawmakers should decouple accreditation from federal financing, lower caps on student lending, phase out the Parent PLUS program, and wind down loan forgiveness. Reforms proposed by the Trump ...

While the Trump administration has painted a bleak picture of the higher education sector as a costly enterprise that burdens taxpayers and pushes leftist ideologies, new survey data shows that most ...

The ongoing efforts by some states to impose greater control over their public colleges and universities may result in lasting changes to the U.S. higher education landscape In conservative states, a ...

After MIT rejected President Trump's proposed Higher Education Compact, the president is extending the offer to all colleges and universities. President Trump is opening up his controversial higher ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. To even the most casual observer, these must feel like belligerent times in ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Escalating federal actions are shaking ...

Federal oversight is outdated, relying on a 60-year-old accreditation model that rewards compliance over performance, fails to track outcomes, and leaves students burdened with debt and weak returns.