Latest Higher Education News

The issuance of F-1 student visas plunged 36% during the May–August 2025 window, a Chronicle analysis of U.S. State Department data shows. That collapse meant about 97,000 fewer visas granted...

Defense officials concluded that overreliance on a single AI vendor created an operational vulnerability, prompting rapid policy moves. Emil Michael, the Defense Department’s under secretary for...

Senior technologists left major AI teams and companies saw internal friction as defense contracts and national security use cases collided with corporate safety pledges. Caitlin Kalinowski, who...

Editors are grappling with a new integrity problem: manuscripts contain AI‑generated but non‑existent citations and fabricated references. Peer reviewers and journal staff report an uptick in...

Higher education IT leaders warn that institutional data increasingly exists outside approved systems—a phenomenon termed “shadow data”—creating new FERPA, privacy, and security risks. As colleges...

Analysts and lawmakers are signaling intensified fiscal pressure on public higher education. A Fitch Ratings report warns that strained state budgets may translate into reduced appropriations for...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill completed a $1.2 million external review into controversies at its School of Civic Life and Leadership but declined to publish the findings, citing...

New analyses show the payoff to college is shifting. Recent data indicate unemployment for Gen Z men ages 22–27 is now roughly equal whether they hold degrees or not, signaling a dissolving...

A Guardian investigation found UK museums and universities hold more than 263,000 items of overseas human remains, prompting fresh calls for repatriation and public accountability. Descendants of...

A new report documents rising course “shutouts”—sections that fill before students enroll—creating delays, extra semesters, and higher costs for degree completion. The immediate effect is lost...

U.S. student‑visa issuances plunged 36% during May–August 2025, a Chronicle analysis of State Department data shows, leaving roughly 97,000 fewer incoming students for colleges this fall. The drop...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to realign military education partnerships, expelling more than a dozen elite colleges from a Pentagon fellowship that long served as a pipeline for senior...

The University of North Carolina completed a $1.2 million outside investigation into controversies at its School of Civic Life and Leadership but declined to publish the findings, citing...

Fitch Ratings warned that state fiscal stress and federal policy shifts may increase credit pressure on public colleges, flagging Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina as...

Colleges are confronting a growing layer of ‘shadow data’—student and institutional information captured, stored or shared outside approved systems—raising new FERPA, privacy and compliance risks....

Adam Tickell, vice‑chancellor of the University of Birmingham, publicly questioned whether government‑backed student loans should be available to applicants without A‑levels, arguing some loan...

Graduate business programs are embedding AI across core coursework and launching dedicated certificates and degrees to produce managers who can deploy AI strategically and ethically. Isenberg...

Faculty are piloting AI tutors designed to teach reasoning rather than short‑circuit learning even as journals report a surge in AI‑generated fake citations and fabricated references. Economists...

Nearly 80% of degree‑seekers read Google’s AI overviews when researching programs, according to industry reporting, shifting the first‑impression battleground away from institutional websites....

University of Washington student teams pitched interdisciplinary healthcare innovations at the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge; CPRight, a real‑time CPR feedback patch, won the $15,000 grand...