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Chaos at Brown: Person of interest detained – finals suspended
Providence police detained a person of interest in the mass shooting that struck Brown University during finals week, leaving two dead and nine wounded. University leaders moved quickly: officials...
Pomona deal: College acknowledges anti‑Zionism can be antisemitic — policy changes follow
Pomona College reached a 27‑page settlement resolving an Education Department civil‑rights complaint linked to large pro‑Palestinian protests. Under the agreement, Pomona acknowledged that...
DeSantis proposes major campus shift – USF Sarasota‑Manatee handover to New College
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed in his 2026–27 budget to transfer the University of South Florida’s Sarasota‑Manatee campus to New College of Florida, giving New College more than 32 acres...
Commerce opens patent review — Harvard faces Bayh‑Dole scrutiny
The U.S. Department of Commerce opened a comprehensive review of Harvard University’s patents tied to federally funded research and signaled it may examine exercising Bayh‑Dole ‘march‑in’ rights....
Grad borrowing rewrite: lawmakers push nursing into ‘professional’ category as caps bite
Congressional pressure intensified on the Education Department to add nursing to a new list of graduate ‘professional’ programs after the administration proposed steep new borrowing caps for...
Mergers and purges: colleges consolidate as systems cut low‑demand programs
Faced with a roughly 15% decline in undergraduate enrollment over the past decade and mounting fiscal pressure, colleges are increasingly pursuing mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships...
MacKenzie Scott showers rural and tribal colleges with record gifts
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott made a fresh round of large unrestricted gifts to multiple small colleges, including a $24 million donation to Robeson Community College and major gifts to Carl...
DEI at the turning point — leaders say work is ‘evolving, not dead’
National leaders in campus diversity work described a tumultuous five years for higher‑education DEI offices and argued the field is shifting rather than vanishing. Paulette Granberry Russell, who...
Big 12 eyes $500M lifeline – conference in talks with RedBird‑backed fund
The Big 12 Conference is in advanced negotiations with a RedBird‑backed investment vehicle for roughly $500 million to provide member schools with lines of credit and growth funding. The proposed...
Universities team up: collaboration and global ties to stem enrollment decline
Public systems and individual universities are piloting coordination strategies and international recruitment initiatives to stabilize enrollments. Michigan’s public universities are exploring...
Public systems pare programs: States force cuts as budgets tighten
State governing boards this month moved to eliminate and suspend undergraduate programs as public college systems wrestle with enrollment shortfalls and mounting deficits. The Oklahoma State...
Commerce readies march‑in review: Federal pressure on Harvard patents intensifies
The U.S. Department of Commerce opened a sweeping review of Harvard’s patents tied to federally funded research, signaling a possible invocation of Bayh‑Dole “march‑in” authority. Commerce...
Brown... Person of interest held: Campus reeling after classroom shooting
Brown University and Providence police responded to a classroom shooting during final‑exam week that left two people dead and nine wounded. Authorities initially said no suspect had been publicly...
Big 12 seeks private cash: Conference in talks for $500m athletic lifeline
The Big 12 Conference entered advanced negotiations with Collegiate Athletic Solutions, backed by RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital, for a $500 million financing package that would provide...
Degree apprenticeships surge: UK employers fund tuition as model scales
Degree apprenticeships in England have expanded rapidly, with more than 60,000 starters in 2024‑25 and some programs now harder to access than elite university places. Companies including...
Civil‑rights enforcement reshaped: Trump administration rewrites education oversight
Enforcement of students’ civil‑rights protections has shifted following staff departures and leadership changes at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Education Department’s...
Entrepreneurship in a silo? Comment urges centers to move beyond business schools
A commentary from Patrick McQuown argues that universities that keep entrepreneurship centers inside business schools risk ceding innovation to competitors. McQuown, director at Towson’s StartUp...
Teachers map AI rules: Schools pilot guidance on student use of large language models
Educators are drafting classroom‑level guidance on student AI use as institutions confront how to integrate large language models into teaching, assessment and academic integrity policies. K‑12...
From chatbots to coach bots — GenAI pilots scale across campuses
Faculty and instructional designers are moving beyond experimentation to deploy generative AI as pedagogical tools, from automated tutoring chatbots to AI coaches that support feedback and...
Athlete mental‑health gap: Departments underresourced as NIL and transfers heighten strain
Rising stakes in college sports—name, image and likeness deals, transfer‑portal movement and signing bonuses—are increasing mental‑health pressures on student‑athletes while athletic departments...