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Common App mid‑season data show first‑year applications grew 2% and that Black or African American applicants and students reporting two or more races are among the fastest-growing groups,...

Ohio State University trustees moved quickly to fill a leadership void, appointing Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as president after Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.’s abrupt...

The New School told employees it will reduce faculty and staff headcount by about 15 percent by June 1 as part of a broad financial reorganization, administrators confirmed. The progressive New...

A federal judge vacated the Biden administration’s SAVE income‑driven repayment rule, effectively ending the program after years of legal challenges and leaving millions of borrowers in limbo. The...

The Biden Education Department’s new requirement for colleges to provide six years of disaggregated admissions and applicant data has sparked legal pushback and a temporary judicial check....

Scholars and program leaders signaled an emergency for Black‑studies departments as states and institutions curtail programs, reclassify courses, or pause graduate support. Panelists at Columbia...

Harvard University announced a policy to cap top grades as part of a campus‑level attempt to address grade inflation, prompting student concern about GPA impacts and faculty support for...

Ransomware and data breaches spiked across K‑12 districts and higher‑education institutions in 2025, with 251 incidents recorded globally and the U.S. accounting for the bulk of attacks....

Reduced‑credit and three‑year bachelor’s degrees are gaining institutional and regulatory momentum as states and accreditors approve pilots and frameworks to shorten degree timelines. The...

Colleges are formalizing AI governance as libraries and IT offices launch literacy and oversight programs to manage classroom use, student privacy and research integrity. Campus libraries at...

Elon University announced plans to merge with Queens University of Charlotte, aiming to stabilize Queens after a steep enrollment decline and rising debt while expanding Elon’s regional footprint...

Seventeen states and several Democratic attorneys general have mounted coordinated legal challenges to the U.S. Department of Education’s new requirement that colleges submit seven years of...

The Department of Education has quietly restructured its footprint: officials have begun transferring 118 programs to other agencies and shuttered long‑running federal recognitions for schools....

The Iowa House advanced a package of bills this week that would reshape governance, hiring and curricular oversight at the state’s public universities. Legislation would mandate introductory...

Leadership groups and governance experts are publishing fresh guidance as trustees confront intensified political scrutiny over academic freedom, free speech and presidential searches. The...

Faculty and scholars held emergency forums this month to document a wave of administrative pauses, program eliminations and legislative restrictions hitting Black‑studies departments nationwide....

Financial strain and compensation disputes intensified across sectors of higher ed this week. The New School in New York announced plans to reduce its workforce by roughly 15 percent by June 1...

Cybersecurity and unmanaged AI tools emerged as linked risks for education: a Comparitech review found ransomware incidents affecting K‑12 districts and higher‑education institutions rose in 2025,...

Old Dominion University is confronting a campus safety and governance crisis after a deadly shooting in a business‑school classroom that left a professor dead and the shooter—reported to have a...

Institutions and accreditors are accelerating experiments with compressed and lower‑cost credentials. Regional accreditors and state boards are approving reduced‑credit, three‑year bachelor’s...