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Education Department targets accreditors — overhaul and public rebuke
Federal officials signaled a major rewrite of higher education accreditation rules and a sharper public critique of accrediting bodies. The Department of Education launched negotiated-rulemaking...
AI detection backfires — students adopt tools to avoid being flagged
Professors and campus policy-makers are seeing an unexpected consequence of AI‑detection tools: students are turning to generative models to evade detectors. Faculty report students altered...
AI lowers cost of cyberattacks — campuses face cheaper threats
Security experts warn that AI has drastically reduced the cost and complexity of cyberattacks, and higher education’s sprawling digital footprint is an attractive target. Joint studies from cloud...
Nevada regents approve tuition hikes — campuses brace for cuts if not
Nevada’s governing board voted for multi-year tuition increases after officials warned that the system faces a structural budget shortfall once temporary state bridge funding expires. The regents...
Faculty careers under pressure — tenure fights, hiring freezes and whistleovers
Faculty governance and career pathways are in the spotlight after high‑profile tenure disputes and state hiring freezes. A public legal battle over Harvard Business School’s denial of tenure for...
Compliance fights: Penn, SJSU face federal probes over civil‑rights rules
Two major compliance disputes are forcing universities into legal and regulatory confrontations. The EEOC accused the University of Pennsylvania of resisting a subpoena tied to an antisemitism...
Student wellbeing: federal grants, pandemic rebound and program scrutiny
Federal stops-and-starts on mental‑health funding and new longitudinal research are prompting colleges to reassess student supports. The White House briefly cut, then restored, $2 billion in...
AI classroom tools and software shifts — code generation to courseware
Generative AI is rearranging both how software is built and how introductory courses are delivered. Engineers at Anthropic and OpenAI report that AI now generates the bulk of product code...
Sector defense and governance: alliance forms as AGB names new CEO
Higher‑education leaders are organizing to defend institutional autonomy as political pressures rise. A new Alliance for Higher Education launched to resist government overreach and advocate for...
Education Dept. targets accreditors: negotiated rewrite of rules begins
Federal officials have launched a negotiated‑rulemaking effort to overhaul the higher education accreditation system, moving to ease entry for new accreditors and to remove existing diversity,...
States pause H‑1B hiring — public universities told to halt new foreign hires
Two Republican governors have ordered freezes on new H‑1B hiring at public colleges, triggering immediate disruption for recruiting and research at affected campuses. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...
Federal civil‑rights probes hit campuses: Title IX finding at SJSU, EEOC subpoena fight at Penn
Federal authorities have intensified investigations into college handling of civil‑rights disputes. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights found San José State University violated...
Tuition tug‑of‑war: Nevada boosts fees—elite aid expands at Yale
Public and private campuses are charting opposite responses to budget pressure. Nevada’s governing board voted 8–5 to raise tuition systemwide—authorizing increases of roughly 12% at four‑year...
Academic freedom under pressure: UNC’s new definition and state curriculum fights
Faculty governance and state lawmakers are clashing over the scope of academic freedom and curriculum control. The University of North Carolina Faculty Assembly proposed a formal definition of...
Boards and advocacy marshal new defenses: AGB names leader as allies mobilize
Governance and advocacy groups are organizing to defend institutional autonomy. The Association of Governing Boards (AGB) named Ross Mugler its president and CEO after an interim year, tapping a...
Students rebound—but AI and detectors fuel new integrity stresses
Longitudinal research shows many undergraduates recovered psychologically after the pandemic, but new pressures are emerging around academic integrity and AI. Michigan State University researchers...
Immigration enforcement tests campus bonds in Minneapolis: universities respond
The federal immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis has put long‑standing university‑community partnerships under strain and prompted campuses to step up support for immigrant neighbors....
AI courseware pilots set to reshape intro teaching — policy debate must catch up
Carnegie Mellon University’s Learnvia initiative, backed by the Gates Foundation, is rolling out AI‑enabled courseware aimed at improving outcomes in large introductory courses and saving faculty...
Web‑access compliance clock ticks: DOJ rule forces campus IT action
College technology leaders are warning that the U.S. Department of Justice’s new ADA Title II web accessibility rule requires campuses to accelerate compliance work or risk enforcement. Webinars...
ED to rewrite accreditation rules — accreditors in the crosshairs
Federal officials have launched a negotiated-rulemaking process to overhaul the accreditation system that oversees U.S. colleges and universities. The Education Department signaled plans to ease...