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Universities are creating senior AI leadership roles to centralize policy, risk management and campus-wide strategy. Multiple institutions — including UNC Chapel Hill, the University of Washington...

A wave of agentic AI tools that autonomously complete tasks for users has prompted widespread alarm among faculty. Developers released apps and sites that can produce student assignments or...

New York’s attorney general has opened an investigation into Columbia University’s handling of sex‑abuse claims against a former doctor, and a federal judge has vacated disciplinary punishments...

Recent reporting finds colleges increasingly fast to censure faculty, often sidelining traditional due‑process protections. Administrators under political and public pressure are moving more...

Renewed military strikes in the Middle East have forced universities to reassess operations, partnerships, and international campuses. American University of Beirut’s Olayan School kept...

New research shows today’s prospective students compare and revisit institutions throughout the enrollment cycle, prioritizing cost, convenience, and career alignment. EducationDynamics’ report...

Federal rules enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduced new cap structures for graduate borrowing and narrowed who qualifies as a 'professional' student. Education‑sector leaders warn...

K‑12 and higher‑education districts are piloting AI‑based mental‑health tools that triage student risk, offer on‑demand support, and surface after‑hours alerts to counselors. Districts using...

Top U.S. business schools moved on leadership this week: Duke Fuqua elevated interim dean Mary Frances Luce to the permanent deanship after an internal search, signaling continuity for the...

Global ranking data shows a record share of top universities led by women: nearly 29% of the top 200 institutions now have female presidents or vice‑chancellors, rising from 17% in 2019. That...

The Pentagon’s fallout with Anthropic and OpenAI’s rapid dealmaking with the Defense Department have forced a new reckoning for universities that supply talent, research partnerships, and data....

Colleges are creating senior AI roles while administrative teams wrestle with how to operationalize governance across teaching, research and operations. A growing number of institutions have hired...

The Education Department’s Workforce Pell expansion, effective July 1, opens Pell eligibility to short-term training programs under 15 weeks and signals federal priority for workforce‑aligned...

New federal caps on graduate borrowing, and a narrow Education Department definition of 'professional' students, have raised immediate alarm among health‑care educators and lawmakers. The One Big...

Two major destination countries moved this week to restrict student mobility: the UK announced an immediate suspension of study visas from four countries, and Australia sharply raised its...

Universities in the UK, U.S. and the Middle East are grappling with multiple operational and free‑speech dilemmas after renewed military strikes on Iran. Student society posts mourning Iran’s late...

Governance activity accelerated this month as trustees consolidated leadership and opened national searches for key posts. USC’s board named interim leader Beong‑Soo Kim permanent president amid a...

New research shows prospective students behave less linearly: they 'orbit' multiple institutions throughout the decision cycle, using AI and on‑demand information to compare cost, modality and...

Districts piloting AI chat tools for student mental‑health triage report both utility and new liabilities. Some systems flag at‑risk students outside school hours and route alerts to counselors;...

Institutions are reshaping academic portfolios to cope with fiscal pressures and accreditation pathways. Boise State announced a major internal restructuring that will merge two schools and close...