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The Education Department's Final Accreditation Rule Takes Effect July 1, and Colleges Have About Eight Months to Get Ready
The Education Department's final accreditation rule was released October 29 and takes effect July 1. See what it says, what it does not require, and how colleges can prepare in the next eight months.
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Fall Undergraduate Enrollment Rose 0.6 Percent While Master's Programs Fell 3.7 Percent and Computer Science Dropped 12 Percent, and Colleges Need a Plan for Each
Preliminary Clearinghouse data shows fall 2026 undergraduate enrollment up 0.6 percent, master's down 3.7 percent, and computer science down 12.4 percent. See what it means and how colleges should plan.
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Nearly Half of Employers Say AI Will Make College Degrees More Important, and Colleges Can Turn That Confidence Into Employer Partnerships
Gallup and Lumina poll finds 48 percent of employers expect higher education to grow in importance in the AI era. See the breakdowns by industry and size and how colleges can act.
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A Community College CIO Says Colleges Should Own Their AI Instead of Renting It, and the Cost Argument Deserves a Hard Look
An Arapahoe Community College executive argues colleges should own their AI, not license it. Here are the cost claims, the caveats, and the questions presidents and CIOs should ask first.
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The Metallica Scholars Initiative Now Backs More Than 90 Colleges, and It Shows Where Employer and Philanthropic Money Is Flowing in Career Education
The Metallica Scholars Initiative now supports 93 colleges with a record $3.3 million grant. See what its employer partners and trades focus mean for career and technical education leaders.
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Workforce Pell Is Live and Federal Approvals Are Rolling In, and Colleges With Strong Short-Term Programs Are First in Line
Workforce Pell launched July 1 and federal approvals are arriving state by state. Here is what qualifies, how state lists differ, and how college workforce teams can prepare now.
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Only 11 Percent of Higher Ed Instructors Have Comprehensive AI Training, and a 19.5 Million User Dataset Shows Where the Opportunity Is
Instructure's analysis of 19.5 million higher ed users shows AI tools barely register in the learning stack and only 11 percent of instructors have comprehensive AI training. See the opportunity.
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Dual Credit and Workforce Programs Are Powering Community College Growth This Fall, and One State Shows How Much Policy Matters
Community colleges report record fall 2026 enrollment powered by dual credit and workforce programs. Kansas shows how much dual enrollment policy can move the numbers.
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More Than 8,000 Students Are Waitlisted at Utah Technical Colleges, and It Shows Where Career Education Demand Is Heading
Utah's first official technical college waitlist count found 8,055 people waiting for a seat. Here is what it reveals about career education demand and capacity-based funding.
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The Biggest Efficiency Opportunity in Higher Education Is Hiding in the Admissions Office
Campuses report record enrollment while admissions teams rely on manual transcript review and identity checks. A new survey shows where automation helps and who makes the decision.
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California Community Colleges Just Requested $195 Million for Unified AI Adoption
California's 116-campus community college system wants $195 million to prevent AI adoption from happening unevenly across colleges and leaving some students behind.
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Reaching College Deans and Provosts: A Marketer's Guide
What deans and provosts actually control at a college or university, how their authority differs by institution size, and how to build outreach that reaches the right office.
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Colleges Are Crediting K-12 Partnerships and Enrollment Data Analysis for the 2026 Enrollment Wins
Several institutions cited direct K-12 school partnerships and dedicated enrollment data analysis as key drivers behind this year's enrollment gains, a genuinely different mechanism than broad marketing investment alone.
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Universities Nationwide Are Reporting Record Enrollment and Retention This Fall, and Student Success Investment Is the Common Thread
Multiple institutions nationwide, from flagship research universities to smaller regional schools, are simultaneously reporting record enrollment and retention this fall, with sustained student success investment as the common driver.
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Michigan Just Launched Automatic College Acceptance Offers, and It's Reshaping How Institutions Recruit
Michigan's new MI College Match program lets students receive automatic acceptance offers by uploading their transcripts to
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Total Postsecondary Enrollment Just Hit 18.6 Million Students, and Community Colleges Are Driving the Growth
The National Student Clearinghouse's Spring 2026 report found postsecondary enrollment reached 18.6 million students, with community colleges growing 3.1 percent and public four-year institutions up 1.5 percent.
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Universities Are Moving From AI Pilots to Whole-Institution Deals, and It's Reshaping How Vendors Sell
UK universities including Leicester and Manchester are rolling out full Microsoft 365 Copilot access campus-wide, signaling a shift from piecemeal AI pilots to whole-institution enterprise procurement.
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How One University Saved Previously Doomed Programs by Making Them More Efficient
After wide-ranging academic cuts, one public institution's leaders worked with faculty to make previously doomed programs more efficient and viable instead of eliminating them.
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Colleges Are Launching New AI Native Majors, and Admissions Offices Are Racing to Market Them
Boston-area colleges are launching entirely new majors built around AI fluency, creating genuine urgency for admissions offices to market these programs effectively.
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Unions Are Suing Over the New Professional Degree Definition, and It's Reshaping Which Programs Qualify for Federal Loans
A coalition of unions has sued the Education Department over a new rule defining what counts as a professional degree for federal loan limit purposes.
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