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Colleges are positioning campus libraries and governance tools as frontline resources for responsible AI use. Institutions like Bryn Mawr are running library‑led AI sandboxes that provide students...

Ohio State’s trustees moved quickly this week, voting unanimously to appoint Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as the university’s president following Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.’s...

Two campuses escalated workforce tensions this week: The New School announced plans to reduce faculty and staff by about 15 percent by June 1 as part of a broad financial reorganization, and...

A federal judge vacated the Biden administration’s SAVE income‑driven repayment rule this week, removing a widely used repayment path and leaving millions of borrowers in legal and financial...

A legal battle over new Education Department requirements for disaggregated admissions and applicant data intensified this week as 17 states filed suit and Democratic attorneys general launched a...

Scholars and program leaders described a rapid contraction of Black‑studies programs this week after state laws and administrative moves stripped funding and curricular designations. Columbia...

Harvard Faculty announced a policy to cap the proportion of A grades to address grade inflation, prompting student concern and debate about downstream effects on GPAs and postgraduate prospects....

Ransomware attacks on K‑12 districts and higher‑education institutions rose in 2025, with 251 incidents worldwide and the U.S. accounting for the bulk of reported breaches, according to a new...

Campus libraries are emerging as frontline venues for AI literacy and experimentation, with institutions like Bryn Mawr running sandboxes and guided programs to teach students and faculty...

Common App reported a 2 percent rise in first‑year applicants this season and a notable increase in racial diversity: Black and multiracial applicants grew fastest year‑over‑year, the nonprofit...

Momentum for shorter and lower‑cost credentials advanced this week: a growing cohort of public and private colleges are piloting three‑year bachelor’s programs as accreditors and state boards ease...

Ohio State University’s board of trustees moved swiftly this week to replace Walter “Ted” Carter Jr., appointing Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as president on a unanimous...

A federal judge vacated the rule underpinning the Biden administration’s SAVE income‑driven repayment plan, delivering legal closure for millions of borrowers and ending the plan’s generous terms,...

Seventeen states filed suit this week seeking to block the Department of Education’s new requirement that four‑year colleges report detailed, race‑ and sex‑disaggregated admissions and applicant...

Scholars and program leaders convened an emergency forum after multiple institutions moved to curtail or reclassify Black‑studies programs, highlighting coordinated state actions and anticipatory...

Ransomware incidents across K‑12 districts and colleges rose in 2025, with the U.S. accounting for more than half of recorded attacks and nearly 3.9 million records exfiltrated, according to a...

Faculty and classified staff at Portland Community College commenced a coordinated strike after contract talks over pay and benefits stalled, union leaders said. The AFT‑affiliated chapters...

Old Dominion University is contending with two major crises this week: a fatal classroom shooting in which an instructor and two others were wounded—authorities identified the suspect as Mohamed...

Mid‑season Common App data show overall first‑year applicants rose 2% to 1,429,747, while applicants identifying as Black or African American increased fastest—up 8% year‑over‑year—according to...

Harvard University announced a policy to cap top grades as part of a broader effort to address grade inflation, a move that has students worried about GPA impacts and faculty describing the change...