A growing skepticism surrounds the American higher education system, as now seven-in-ten adults say it is heading in the wrong direction. The recent survey from the Pew Research Center shows this ...

Over the next decade, American higher education will undergo a profound shakeout. The system will become more stratified, with elite institutions continuing to offer a rich, immersive and ...

W hen I served as president of Northern Marianas College, an American public college more than 6,000 miles from Washington, D.C., I often found myself explaining to federal officials that our students ...

Something is broken in American higher education, and this year Washington may finally do something about it. This week, congressional leaders announced their 2026 policy priorities, and for the first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Griffin covers postsecondary education and the future of work. Technological shifts also represent a fundamental ...

All the pieces of House Republicans’ plan to cut trillions in federal spending are now public, and if the package becomes law, colleges and universities could face crippling repercussions, higher ...

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Each year, roughly two million Americans borrow sums they may never repay to attend programs that a federal accrediting system has solemnly declared “high quality.” But while some will earn degrees ...

For decades, US universities have been the gold standard in global education. From the ivy-covered halls of Harvard to the cutting-edge labs of MIT, the world’s brightest minds have flocked to ...

Earlier this year, public university systems in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas announced plans to create a new organization called the Commission for Public ...

Accreditation has long been treated as a guarantee of institutional quality, a proxy for trust, and the gateway to federal dollars. Lawmakers rely on it, students assume it protects them, and parents ...