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The federal overhaul of graduate student borrowing is prompting urgent warnings from universities and health‑care leaders. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, annual and lifetime federal loan...

Colleges are creating senior AI roles even as a public standoff between the Pentagon and AI firms highlights gaps in control and policy. A growing list of institutions—including UNC Chapel Hill...

As regional hostilities expanded, the Suliman Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut kept instruction running while nearby strikes and infrastructure risks forced many U.S....

Governance moves at two major business schools underscore board priorities on stability and succession. The University of Southern California’s board confirmed Beong‑Soo Kim as permanent president...

Scholars and universities are increasingly facing legal pressure that officials say threatens academic freedom and campus autonomy. U.K. researchers have petitioned the prime minister for...

A growing skirmish over institutional discipline is playing out across campuses and courts. Commentary and reporting argue many colleges now prioritize rapid censure over established due‑process...

Enrollment offices are retooling as prospective students decouple the traditional inquiry‑to‑enrollment pipeline. EducationDynamics’ Modern Learner Report finds students ‘orbit’ multiple...

National surveys show student loneliness remains widespread and tied to belonging and mental‑health outcomes. Education researchers report that loneliness correlates with lower institutional trust...

Financial pressure is reshaping institutional structures and risking program cuts. Boise State announced a major restructuring that will merge two schools and close a college as interim leaders...

Times Higher Education reports a record uptick in female leadership at the world’s top universities: nearly 29% of top‑200 institutions now have women at the helm. The increase—from 17% in 2019 to...

The Pentagon’s public split with Anthropic and OpenAI’s hurried deal with the Defense Department crystallized an immediate governance crisis for AI suppliers and their university partners. The...

New data from more than 1,000 U.S. school districts shows widespread, uneven adoption of AI tools—and administrators are racing to build governance around real student usage. The dataset reveals...

Agentic AI tools that can act on behalf of users—scheduling, filing, or even completing assignments—are arriving faster than campus integrity policies. A new wave of apps offering to do students’...

Boards continued to reshape campus leadership in February, with trustees formalizing interim presidents and naming new hires at public and private colleges. Notably, USC’s trustees elevated...

Colleges and lawmakers are publicly contesting the Education Department’s interpretation of recent loan‑cap legislation. Universities warned that a narrow regulatory reading—one that restricts...

Schools and districts are deploying AI‑enabled mental‑health platforms to stretch limited counseling capacity, but the tools raise procedural and clinical questions. Counselors report that...

Researchers in the U.K. called on the prime minister for anti‑SLAPP protections after facing legal threats tied to investigations of elite financial networks; signatories warned that strategic...

As strikes expanded across the Gulf, U.S. university branch campuses in the region pivoted to remote operations and, in some cases, suspended campus access. Administrators reported difficulties...

Higher‑education boards tolerate aging portal systems that create inefficiencies and hidden governance costs—administrative workarounds mask lost time and compromised decision quality. At the same...

Barber‑Scotia College—a small historic HBCU that lost accreditation in 2004—reported measurable progress toward federal recognition after satisfying 14 of 17 accreditation standards and awaiting...