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Student mental health and privacy in access to historic records
Families seeking mental-health records tied to long-deceased relatives say restrictive state policies have blocked access, leaving descendants without clarity about family conditions and treatment...
Ohio State faces new scrutiny amid sexual abuse allegations and governance questions
Ohio State is drawing heightened scrutiny amid sexual abuse allegations involving a former athletic department physician and ongoing questions about donor influence as financial pressures mount...
Nonprofit and federal enforcement risk for education-adjacent services
A federal push to pursue alleged nonprofit fraud under the False Claims Act is intensifying scrutiny on organizations that administer or reimburse federally funded programs. The report notes major...
Career outcomes for autistic college students
Autistic college graduates face a distinct employment hurdle despite improving campus supports, according to reporting on Drexel University and its autism program. At a crowded Drexel career fair,...
AI-integrity risks in biomedical research publishing
New research flags an AI-driven reliability threat in biomedical literature: fabricated references inserted into published or submitted work can propagate through citations and clinical guidance....
US immigration rule shift affecting green card processing
The Trump administration announced a policy change that would require many temporary immigrants who want green cards to apply from abroad, reversing a long-standing approach that allowed...
Admissions consulting firms expand AI-guided application platforms
MBA admissions consulting is moving further toward tech-enabled, AI-guided support as Stacy Blackman Consulting launches an admissions mobile app designed to centralize planning, interview...
Nontraditional pathway learning tied to industry training partnerships
A new $40 million training facility in Alabama aims to address skilled trade shortages by embedding industry-standard education into a high-school pathway. Huntsville’s Huntsville Center for...
U.S. higher ed and campus operations are implicated by growing national scrutiny over federal enforcement and compliance
Federal investigators and the Department of Justice escalated enforcement against alleged nonprofit fraud tied to federally funded programs, signaling tighter oversight across the sector. In...
Public health research quantifies long COVID’s growing economic burden—an emerging cost pressure on employers and student-support systems
A new modeling study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases estimates that long COVID’s economic burden will exceed $8 billion between 2025 and the end of 2027. Researchers modeled...
Academic integrity risks rise as AI hallucinations enter the research record
A team led by Columbia University School of Nursing researcher Maxim Topaz reported evidence that fabricated references are embedded in biomedical publications at scale. In work published in The...
AI-driven admissions tooling moves into the product layer for MBA applicants
An MBA admissions consulting firm is launching an AI-guided mobile platform aimed at consolidating school planning, interview preparation, and advising. Stacy Blackman Consulting said its new app...
Specialized career pathways for students with autism expand as colleges adapt job-market demands
Drexel University and other colleges are increasing career readiness programming to address persistent employment gaps for autistic college students as entry-level hiring tightens. A career fair...
Student mental health and well-being practices scale via institutional animal-assisted programs
Children’s hospitals are expanding facility dog programs designed to reduce stress and improve well-being during care. At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, full-time facility dogs support children...
University safety and technology investments intersect with AI-enabled monitoring and new threat-detection approaches
A new survey of educators and district leaders finds growing investment in school safety technology—including AI-enabled camera monitoring and chemical or acoustic detection devices. While the...
Ohio State’s scandals intensify oversight and governance scrutiny across public research universities
Ohio State is facing renewed pressure amid allegations involving sexual abuse by a long-time athletic department medical staff member and broader questions about donor influence as financial...
School-to-work partnerships expand for AI-era skilled trades as universities and training providers seek labor-market alignment
Huntsville, Alabama’s Huntsville Center for Technology opened a new $40 million facility aimed at building skilled trades talent amid AI-era employment disruption. The institution is running a...
Student outcomes in STEM and career services come under strain as AI adoption reshapes labor demand expectations
Drexel’s autism-focused career programming sits within a broader labor-market environment where companies are scaling back entry-level hiring and reshaping what “career readiness” means. The...
Ohio State scandals and donor influence
Ohio State University is facing a widening set of allegations and scrutiny tied to its athletic department after renewed reporting on sexual abuse allegations and questions about donor influence....
Long COVID economic burden and workforce impact
A new computational study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases estimates long COVID’s total economic burden will exceed $8 billion between 2025 and the end of 2027. The model—built by researchers...