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Tenure, service and workload: faculty governance under strain
Higher education leaders and faculty are debating fundamental reforms to tenure and the invisible labor of service as institutions face shrinking budgets and public scrutiny. A recent commission...
Accreditor endorses microcredentials: HLC clears four third-party providers
The Higher Learning Commission announced its first formal endorsement of third-party microcredential providers, approving four vendors that offer short-term certificates, badges and...
AI on campus... adoption soars but execution falters
Colleges have moved from piloting AI to broad adoption, but governance and strategy lag, industry surveys and campus reports show. Ellucian’s 2025 AI in Higher Education survey found personal AI...
Community college metrics reborn... new measures show stronger outcomes
Two developments reshaped how higher‑ed leaders view community college performance: a Richmond Fed analysis that broadens success metrics and tentative data showing rapid growth at California’s...
Ohio State leadership whiplash: president resigns, provost elevated
Ohio State University experienced a sudden leadership shakeup when President Ted Carter resigned after the institution cited an "inappropriate relationship" tied to public resource requests;...
Ex-CFO sues IRSC: whistleblower, mismanagement and trustee oversight in question
Former Indian River State College CFO Marvin Pyles filed suit alleging whistleblower retaliation, defamation and breaches of fiduciary duty after his 2024 termination. Pyles claims he uncovered...
Faculty service and tenure under pressure — calls for reforms and equity
A coalition convened by the Association for the Study of Higher Education recommended rethinking how institutions assign and reward faculty service, spotlighting disproportionate burdens on women...
Political climate shifts but size preference holds: students’ college choices examined
New analysis of application behavior and survey data shows the political climate influences students’ college decisions but has limited effect on the preferred size of institution. Consultant...
Antisemitism ‘becoming normalised’ on UK campuses, student union warns
The Union of Jewish Students released survey findings reporting widespread antisemitic incidents on UK campuses: nearly a quarter of respondents said they’d seen targeting of Jewish students and...
Meningitis outbreak at University of Kent: student among two dead
Health authorities and the University of Kent confirmed an outbreak of invasive meningitis in Canterbury that has left two people dead, including a university student, and more than a dozen...
Service initiatives to boost belonging: Neumann’s 60,000-hour student program
Neumann University launched a campuswide volunteer initiative aiming for 60,000 student service hours to strengthen belonging and community connections. The program structures credit‑bearing and...
Court freezes Trump admissions-data order — campuses get reprieve
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden-to-Trump-era demand that four-year colleges turn over detailed admissions and applicant data broken down by race and sex. The ruling follows lawsuits...
Trump-era reshaping of Education Dept.: headcount halved, services shifted
The Trump administration has dramatically reduced the Department of Education’s workforce and moved programs to other agencies while proposing deep cuts to K‑12 and higher‑education funding,...
AI adoption surges — institutions lack plans, governance and training
Survey data show AI use has become ubiquitous on campuses but strategic integration has lagged. Ellucian’s survey of 779 administrators reports personal AI use at 91% and institution‑wide adoption...
Professors censor syllabi... academic freedom frays under political pressure
Faculty nationwide report narrowing course content, altering syllabi and rewriting grant proposals amid intensified political scrutiny targeting elite campuses. While Harvard has been singled out...
Antisemitism 'normalised' on UK campuses: survey warns of reputational and safety risks
The Union of Jewish Students’ poll found nearly a quarter of surveyed students witnessed behavior targeting Jewish students and 47% saw justification of the October 7 Hamas attacks. The group...
Former CFO sues Indian River State College — trustees, president named in $75M mismanagement claim
Marvin Pyles, former CFO of Indian River State College, filed suit alleging whistleblower retaliation, defamation and breach of contract after his April 2024 termination. The complaint accuses...
Leadership whiplash at Ohio State — sudden president exit, trustees pick provost amid budget cuts
Ohio State’s president resigned after the university cited an inappropriate relationship, and trustees appointed Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as permanent president without a campuswide search. The...
Students aren’t flocking to big colleges because of politics — enrollment patterns show nuance
Long‑term enrollment data show sustained growth at very large institutions (30,000+ students) while very small colleges have been hardest hit. Consultant Ricardo Azziz and SPH Consulting argue...
Writing faculty press for right to refuse AI — classrooms brace for policy fights
A growing coalition of writing instructors is pushing for the right to opt out of generative AI tools in their courses as universities accelerate AI adoption. Faculty cite concerns about pedagogy,...