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Auburn University’s board will consider sweeping changes to faculty governance and course control even though Alabama’s state law grants an exemption from the most restrictive requirements. The...

Ohio State University agreed to a $100 million payout to resolve sexual abuse claims involving 279 former students, according to the settlement announcement. The deal is the latest step in a...

The U.S. Department of Justice opened 15 new civil rights investigations into medical schools’ admissions practices over potential race discrimination, the agency announced Thursday. DOJ did not...

House Republicans unveiled a federal budget proposal that would cut multiple streams of education funding for fiscal 2027 and add restrictions tied to transgender participation in women’s sports....

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data show spring enrollment rose about 1% year over year to 18.6 million students, driven mainly by undergraduate growth at public institutions....

A new federal push affecting the TRIO College Access program would shift advantage to state agencies in some grant competitions, with potential losers including previously successful applicants....

A higher education privacy and governance warning is intensifying as campuses confront accountability gaps in cloud-based learning systems. One report highlights that after a Canvas learning...

A Berkeley Law School AI policy—prohibiting use of AI to conceptualize, draft, revise, translate, or edit work submitted for credit—has sparked renewed debate over feasibility and enforcement in...

A lawsuit unsealed in New York alleges IBM and AT&T concealed foreign cyber intrusions from the U.S. government over years, according to claims by a former IBM cybersecurity official. The...

Texas Tech University faculty say official directives restricting instruction about race, sex, and gender triggered widespread course changes and increased faculty burnout. A May poll by the Texas...

A federal whistleblower lawsuit alleges IBM and AT&T repeatedly allowed foreign hackers to breach their systems and then failed to disclose the intrusions to the U.S. government, according to a...

Spring enrollment rose modestly year over year, but the gains were concentrated in undergraduate programs and specific credential types, while graduate enrollment softened, according to National...

Higher education cybersecurity leaders face a familiar budget hurdle: many institutions still treat security as an overhead expense rather than a risk-reduction investment, according to commentary...

The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into Arizona State University, alleging that the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts may have violated civil rights...

A fresh warning for higher education cybersecurity and compliance governance argues that incidents tied to learning platforms expose a systemic problem: campuses may be treating cloud...

England’s exams regulator, Ofqual, warned that the growing use of smart technologies could increase high-tech cheating and make malpractice harder to detect in GCSE and A-level examinations. In...

University of North Texas President Harrison Keller said the institution faces a structural budget deficit driven by reduced state appropriations and a sharp decline in international graduate...

New analysis emphasizes how university leaders and policymakers are struggling to keep up with AI adoption, cybersecurity readiness, and staffing constraints in K-12—and warns the training...

A legislative debate over how Missouri funds higher education has put first-generation students at HBCUs at risk by threatening to tie budgets to full-time enrollment numbers, according to...

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference said they do not support the Protect College Sports Act in its current form, creating another major obstacle for Congress trying to regulate college...