Latest Higher Education News

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Emory University named Sabyasachi “Saby” Mitra as the next John H. Harland Dean of the Goizueta Business School, ending a search Provost Badia Ahad launched in February. Mitra, currently dean of...

The University of Denver approved a fiscal 2027 budget balanced by leaving some staff positions vacant and reducing expenses, while also announcing a major academic consolidation. DU will combine...

In higher education, new agentic AI tools are intensifying disputes over academic integrity and IT accountability, as campuses struggle to distinguish student work from autonomous systems acting...

Instructure’s Canvas remains a critical single point of failure for institutions, as the spring 2026 crash prompted renewed student and IT scrutiny over operational resilience. A new report...

A new analysis argues that learning-management cybersecurity accountability can’t end at the vendor boundary—because campuses accumulate years of student data, communications, and operational...

Higher education and research groups escalated objections to a Trump administration plan to tighten oversight of federal research funding, warning that it could sideline traditional peer-review...

The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that the University of California, Davis School of Medicine violated federal anti-discrimination law by using “socioeconomic disadvantage” metrics that DOJ...

A new report argues institutions should treat student housing as a component of wellbeing infrastructure, not just a housing-services line item. It frames burnout in medical and graduate programs...

Kentucky State University projected a sharp enrollment drop tied to a new state law that forces the institution to disenroll students who owe the university money. The university estimates...

AGB emphasized that rebuilding public trust in higher education starts with governing board capacity—especially trustee orientation and ongoing education. In a CEO update, AGB said boards are...