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Higher Ed Dive API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Higher Ed Dive publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 173 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

United StatesEnglish#13,671 by volume

Four ways to pull highereddive.com

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from highereddive.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.highereddive.com&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.highereddive.com&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.highereddive.com&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.highereddive.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Higher Ed Dive headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.highereddive.com&size=5"
173
articles indexed
60
in the last 30 days
3
median per day
1
languages
868 min
median crawl lag
22.06 → 18.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 62 days. The busiest hour is 05:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-22: 5 articles2026-06-23: 2 articles2026-06-24: 4 articles2026-06-25: 4 articles2026-06-26: 2 articles2026-06-29: 4 articles2026-06-30: 4 articles2026-07-01: 1 articles2026-07-02: 3 articles2026-07-06: 2 articles2026-07-07: 4 articles2026-07-08: 3 articles2026-07-09: 1 articles2026-07-10: 1 articles2026-07-13: 5 articles2026-07-14: 2 articles2026-07-15: 4 articles2026-07-16: 4 articles2026-07-20: 4 articles2026-07-21: 1 articles2026-07-22: 3 articles2026-07-23: 4 articles2026-07-24: 3 articles2026-07-27: 3 articles2026-07-28: 3 articles2026-07-29: 2 articles2026-07-30: 3 articles2026-07-31: 3 articles2026-08-03: 3 articles2026-08-04: 2 articles2026-08-05: 2 articles2026-08-06: 1 articles2026-08-10: 4 articles2026-08-11: 2 articles2026-08-12: 2 articles2026-08-13: 3 articles2026-08-14: 4 articles2026-08-17: 4 articles2026-08-18: 5 articles2026-08-19: 2 articles2026-08-20: 2 articles2026-08-21: 2 articles2026-08-24: 6 articles2026-08-25: 3 articles2026-08-26: 3 articles2026-08-27: 2 articles2026-08-28: 2 articles2026-08-31: 4 articles2026-09-01: 4 articles2026-09-02: 1 articles2026-09-03: 4 articles2026-09-04: 3 articles2026-09-07: 1 articles2026-09-08: 1 articles2026-09-09: 4 articles2026-09-10: 2 articles2026-09-11: 2 articles2026-09-14: 4 articles2026-09-15: 2 articles2026-09-16: 3 articles2026-09-17: 2 articles2026-09-18: 3 articles06-2207-0707-2208-0508-2009-0309-1709-18
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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.highereddive.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Higher Ed Dive actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 173 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 10001: 00102: 00203: 00304: 00405: 840506: 00607: 00708: 00809: 10910: 21011: 31112: 31213: 11314: 81415: 191516: 221617: 241718: 71819: 11920: 12021: 12122: 02223: 023
Mon: 49MonTue: 35TueWed: 34WedThu: 35ThuFri: 25FriSat: 0SatSun: 0Sun

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish178102.9%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Higher Ed Dive articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Researchers sue NIH alleging unconstitutional grant screening process
2026-09-18 17:33 UTC · Natalie Schwartz
The plaintiffs accuse the agency of unlawfully scanning projects for hundreds of keywords to target work disfavored by the Trump administration.
University of Maine preparing for staff and faculty layoffs
2026-09-18 15:30 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
The public institution is trying to close a projected $19 million shortfall through budget cuts and improvements to enrollment and revenue.
US higher ed faces mounting attacks on academic freedom, report warns
2026-09-18 05:00 UTC · Laura Spitalniak
Over the last academic year, federal and state politicians repeatedly sought to pressure colleges into “ideological compliance,” Scholars at Risk found.
Fitch downgrades Xavier University over deficits and weak undergrad demand
2026-09-17 17:52 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
Analysts pointed to worse-than-expected fiscal 2026 financials and a projected budget shortfall for the current fiscal year.
College enrollment rate among recent high school graduates ticks up
2026-09-17 00:05 UTC · Laura Spitalniak
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found improvement across both high- and low-poverty high schools.
Kirk family alleges ‘stunning’ security failures at UVU led to the figure’s death
2026-09-16 15:50 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
Charlie Kirk’s heirs could sue Utah Valley University, arguing that it should have done more to protect the right-wing figure.
DHS proposes end to 60-day H-1B grace period, calling it a ‘burden’
2026-09-16 05:00 UTC · Kathryn Moody
The window currently allows visa holders to temporarily retain legal status in the U.S. while looking for a new job.
Antioch University and Coalition for the Common Good ordered to mediation
2026-09-16 05:00 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
A state court has also extended an order temporarily protecting the university's board from being dissolved by the coalition it cofounded.
4-year visa cap for international students halted by federal judge
2026-09-15 14:07 UTC · Laura Spitalniak
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor paused the highly contested rule just a day before it would have taken effect.
Did RIT let diversity goals unduly sway hiring decisions? A jury should decide, judge rules.
2026-09-15 05:00 UTC · Laurel Kalser
A White former employee alleges the private New York university used race-based criteria to hire a Black candidate over her.
For-profit Perdoceo Education to acquire South University for $140M
2026-09-14 15:24 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
The healthcare-focused university will convert to a for-profit institution after having changed hands multiple times over the past decade.
West Point civilian speech policies ruled unconstitutional
2026-09-14 14:51 UTC · Laura Spitalniak
The military academy blocked faculty from discussing personal opinions while teaching and speaking at certain events without preapproval.
How La Salle University bounced back from enrollment losses
2026-09-14 09:44 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
Daniel Allen, the Catholic institution’s president, spoke with Higher Ed Dive about regrowing by refocusing on recruiting and strategic fundamentals.
Week in review: DOJ sues remaining states over tuition laws
2026-09-14 05:00 UTC · Laura Spitalniak
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Florida's public education shutting out undocumented students to the stalled fight to ban legacy admissions.
IRS tax plan could imperil college finances, Moody’s says
2026-09-11 14:39 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
If institutions lose their tax-exempt status over diversity efforts, they could face a loss of gifts and higher borrowing costs among other hits, analysts said.
How Dartmouth’s push for more dialogue improved campus debate and its reputation
2026-09-11 05:00 UTC · Danielle McLean; Laura Spitalniak
Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
University of Utah could cut up to 15% of staff ahead of future enrollment drops
2026-09-10 14:47 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
The public institution said it is facing “some of the most significant challenges in its 176-year history.”
The latest in college layoffs: Full Sail, IIT and Johns Hopkins
2026-09-10 05:00 UTC · Ben Unglesbee
Workforce cuts continued into the summer as institutions prepped for a new academic year in leaner times.

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.highereddive.com&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.highereddive.com&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Higher Ed Dive marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

100%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
0%
articles with sections
276 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 868 min at the median, 1813 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Higher Ed Dive have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 173 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Higher Ed Dive publish per day?

3 on a median day, measured across 62 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.