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An independent audit commissioned by Duke University’s AAUP chapter concluded Duke is in “very strong financial condition” and questioned recent employee buyouts and planned layoffs. Howard...

Old Dominion University announced an operational shift to compress all online undergraduate and master’s courses into an eight‑week asynchronous model, part of a president-led plan to expand...

A report from the Good Law Project links a mishandled safeguarding complaint and an alleged rape allegation against an emeritus professor to the broader inquiry that led to the ouster of Saïd...

Data from the National College Attainment Network shows FAFSA simplification led to about 1.7 million additional students qualifying for the maximum Pell Grant in 2025–26, a 27% increase over...

Indiana’s Senate passed Senate Bill 199 with near‑unanimous support after legislators inserted a provision that would eliminate public college degrees classified as “low‑earning” — measured by...

U.S. MBA programs are confronting sharp declines in application volumes this cycle, with international demand plunging and some schools reporting 20–30% drops through Rounds 1 and 2. Admissions...

Anthropic announced partnerships with the Allen Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to deploy Claude‑powered AI agents for lab workflows, analysis and coordination, aiming to...

New surveys of graduate and undergraduate cohorts reveal a widening gap between student expectations for AI training and the courses institutions actually offer. A national survey of MBA students...

The Trump administration scaled back a key financial demand in its dispute with Harvard University, abandoning insistence on a $200 million payment as part of a negotiated resolution, The New York...

New Department of Justice documents show continued contact between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and prominent academics after his convictions, prompting renewed scrutiny across higher...

A federal overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid has produced a sharp rise in need-based aid eligibility: 1.7 million additional students now qualify for the maximum Pell Grant,...

An experimental social network for AI agents burst into public view after developer Matt Schlicht launched Moltbook and thousands of agents flooded the site. The platform—built around open‑source...

OpenAI rolled out a desktop Codex App designed to broaden access to its coding models beyond specialist engineers. The app centralizes agent workflows, lets users run multiple agents across...

Anthropic announced partnerships with the Allen Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to deploy Claude‑powered AI agents inside life‑science workflows. Anthropic framed the pacts as...

The Association of Governing Boards awarded its 2026 John W. Nason prizes to governing boards that reshaped their roles—most notably the Colorado School of Mines Foundation and Evergreen State...

A Good Law Project report publicly identified an emeritus Saïd Business School professor in connection with a rape allegation that preceded and intersected with the inquiry that removed Dean...

Indiana’s Senate approved Senate Bill 199 with near‑unanimous support; buried in the technical bill is a single line authorizing elimination of public college degrees that produce graduate...

MBA students told a national survey they want technology, automation and AI literacy embedded in core curricula—92% said automation and digital strategy should be integrated; 78% said AI literacy...

Selective institutions are accelerating moves away from SAT dependence even as testing bodies tighten equipment rules. The University of California, San Diego argued it can address preparation...

The Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica announced they will discontinue active sponsorship of Benedictine College, signaling a formal governance break though the order said it will continue...