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Student success and workforce connections: interventions show payoffs
New studies and program launches link targeted student‑success interventions to better career outcomes. Georgia State’s student‑success efforts—learning communities, microgrants, proactive...
Anthropic sues Pentagon... rival AI engineers file amicus
Anthropic sued the U.S. Department of Defense after the Pentagon designated the company a “supply-chain risk,” a move that blocks its AI model from military contracts and threatens hundreds of...
GSA proposal would force colleges to certify no-DEI programs — colleges brace
The General Services Administration proposed a rule requiring all federal funding recipients — including colleges and universities — to certify they do not operate diversity, equity, inclusion and...
Cal State sues Education Dept. — Title IX fight over trans‑athlete policy escalates
The California State University system sued the U.S. Department of Education after the agency said San José State violated Title IX by permitting a transgender woman to play on its women’s...
Portland State weighs program cuts — faculty union warns of austerity
Portland State University leaders announced consideration of closing three departments and reducing 16 others as administrators seek to close a $35 million budget gap. President Ann Cudd invoked a...
Ohio State president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’ — board accepts
Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigned after disclosing an inappropriate relationship with a person seeking public resources to support her business; the board of trustees accepted...
Faculty and students push back at CU over systemwide ChatGPT Edu rollout
Hundreds of faculty, staff and students across the University of Colorado system filed dissent over a planned rollout of ChatGPT Edu, which the university purchased under a three‑year, $2...
ASU mandates AI training for every professor — Carey School makes usage required
Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business announced a four‑part AI strategy and sent mandatory training invitations to more than 350 full‑time faculty as part of a plan to require...
Colleges deploy AI to cut dropout rates — vendors and pilots scale up
Colleges and universities are expanding the use of AI tools designed to identify at‑risk students, personalize learning, offer 24/7 support and improve retention. Institutions report early wins in...
Bipartisan accountability rules land — colleges confront outcomes data and policy shifts
New accountability measures passed in the last Congress and implemented this year are drawing bipartisan praise for increasing transparency about earnings and program returns. Policy changes —...
Workforce Pell rulemaking opens — public comment and voter support for loan limits
The Department of Education opened a 30‑day public comment period on proposed rules to implement the Workforce Pell Grant program, which expands Pell to short, high‑quality workforce programs as...
Cal State sues Education Department: Title IX funding fight escalates
California State University filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education after the agency signaled it might strip federal funds from San José State over the campus’s transgender...
Ohio State president resigns: leadership upheaval at large public flagship
Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigned after disclosing an "inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business," the board announced....
ASU mandates AI – faculty face compulsory training and new degrees
Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business has rolled out a four‑part AI strategy that requires all teaching faculty to undergo mandatory AI training and integrates new AI‑focused...
Campus distrust of vendor AI: University of Colorado community pushes back
Hundreds of faculty, staff and students across the University of Colorado system have publicly opposed a planned campuswide rollout of ChatGPT Edu under a three‑year, $2 million per year contract....
Workforce Pell rulemaking opens: states to vet short-term programs
The U.S. Department of Education opened a 30‑day public comment period on proposed regulations to implement Workforce Pell, the program that expands Pell eligibility to short, workforce‑aligned...
IES overhaul threatens federal education data: NCES collections under review
An internal Department of Education report recommends a sweeping review of the Institute of Education Sciences, including the National Center for Education Statistics, and suggests discontinuing...
International enrollment shock: new student visas fell 35.6% last summer
New international student visas issued last summer dropped 35.6%, a decline that higher education leaders say will reduce fall enrollments and revenue at many U.S. campuses. The fall in visas...
Colleges confront outcomes data — and resist radical reinvention
Colleges and state systems are increasingly incorporating post‑college employment and earnings into measures of institutional success: Texas is tying funding to credentials with labor‑market...
Campus closures rise as colleges resist bold reinvention
Analysts warn that institutions face one college closure or merger roughly every week and project that 20–25% of colleges may close or consolidate in coming years, yet many campuses remain...