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Federal student aid anti-fraud requirements advance
A Republican-backed bill passed the House this week would require the U.S. Department of Education to screen Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applicants for identity fraud before...
Program review and budget pressure reshape a major public university’s academic portfolio
Marshall University approved a package of program cuts and expansions as it manages a projected fiscal 2026 deficit and fluctuating enrollment. The West Virginia public institution will cut seven...
State governance fight reaches court over Virginia Tech board removal
Former Virginia Tech rector John Rocovich sued Gov. Abigail Spanberger, the university, and the Board of Visitors over his removal from the board. Rocovich is seeking immediate reinstatement,...
Accreditor rebrand reflects national scope after federal boundary changes
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges announced it is changing its name to the Commission on Colleges and Universities, effective in September. The accreditor...
Tuition equity legal fight surfaces in two federal court orders
Two federal court orders shed light on how a wider legal battle over tuition equity laws is playing out under the Trump administration. The rulings focus on state or institutional policies...
Federal inquiry targets race-conscious student success programs at CUNY
The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into City University of New York over allegations that CUNY’s Black Male Initiative violates civil rights law. DOJ said the program provides...
Medical school admissions under scrutiny for race-proxy practices
The U.S. Department of Justice found the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine violated federal anti-discrimination law by using racial proxies in its admissions process. DOJ said...
Faculty labor rights reinforced by arbitrator in Western Illinois librarian layoffs
An arbitrator ordered Western Illinois University to reinstate employees it laid off in 2024 after finding the layoffs violated the institution’s collective bargaining agreement with a faculty...
Accreditation, teaching tech, and student data security come into sharper focus after Canvas incident reporting
Higher education leaders are confronting a risk reality highlighted by recent reporting on the Canvas learning management platform: vendor-managed cybersecurity incidents can become institutional...
Student safety and campus climate: new legal action follows staff and student pressures
Columbia graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi is fighting a deportation order after a judge ordered removal for his pro-Palestinian activism. The Trump administration jailed Mahdawi for 16 days last...
USC Marshall dean exits amid faculty no-confidence push
USC announced that Marshall School of Business Dean Geoffrey Garrett will step down in August, days before faculty were scheduled to vote July 1 on whether to hold a no-confidence vote. The change...
Emory names new Goizueta dean as UCLA leadership shifts
Emory University has selected Sabyasachi “Saby” Mitra as the next John H. Harland Dean of the Goizueta Business School, starting Aug. 1. Mitra, currently dean of the University of Florida’s...
University reshuffles academic units to address budget pressure
The University of Denver is consolidating its academic structures by merging five schools and colleges into two and eliminating five departments while keeping related degree programs in place. The...
DOJ escalates enforcement on race-linked admissions at UC Davis medical school
The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that the UC Davis School of Medicine violated federal civil-rights law by using socioeconomic variables as racial proxies in its admissions process. DOJ...
Federal crackdown on race-conscious student success programming at CUNY
The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into City University of New York’s Black Male Initiative, alleging the student success program may violate civil-rights law by providing...
Higher ed governance under political pressure in Texas
The American Association of University Professors announced it is investigating academic freedom and shared governance violations across Texas colleges and universities. AAUP leadership said the...
New Workforce Pell funding expansion targets short-term job training
The federal Workforce Pell expansion would broaden Pell Grants to cover nondegree job training programs as short as eight weeks, and officials say institutions are racing to prepare for...
Course consolidation and faculty layoffs hit workforce planning at The New School
The New School’s faculty union chapter of the American Association of University Professors criticized the university’s layoffs as a major gutting of full-time faculty, calling for reinstatement...
Student and campus safety funding delays remain unresolved in FEMA safe-room dispute
A rural Wisconsin district’s effort to build tornado safe rooms has hit repeated federal setbacks, according to the coverage. Cuba City School District received nearly $9 million in a BRIC program...
Academic freedom and governance collide with new Indiana intellectual-diversity compliance
A professor in Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Social Work lost her job after being investigated under the state’s intellectual-diversity law following a student complaint. Coverage...