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 ...

The Chronicle’s Higher Education Almanac reveals surprising gaps between college prestige, selectivity, tuition, spending, enrollment and pay.

Trump’s accreditation overhaul could reshape college accountability, academic freedom and federal power—and students have a major stake in the outcome.

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 ...

John Chachas knows what it means to bet on education. Raised on a cattle ranch in Ely, Nevada—a small town where the nearest city of any size was hours away—he left for Columbia University and later ...

American universities are not facing one crisis. They are facing a financial squeeze, a demographic squeeze, a credibility-and-integrity squeeze and an identity squeeze, all at once. For decades, the ...

Editor’s Note:The Trump administration’s October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sparked an overdue conversation about the relationship between universities and the federal ...

With skyrocketing college tuition and dwindling state budgets, how should the United States produce more college graduates while simultaneously focusing on reducing costs? AEI education research ...