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The University of Texas system board approved language asking faculty to avoid “controversial” topics in class, a move that echoes restrictions adopted in other Texas systems and could chill...

Colleges are reporting pronounced increases in students requesting disability accommodations, with elite institutions showing particularly large rises. Recent data and reporting indicate a...

Labouré College of Healthcare announced it will cease academic operations on Aug. 31 and transition its nursing programs to Curry College, citing persistent financial, enrollment, and regulatory...

Purdue University is at the center of campus and congressional scrutiny after reports surfaced that dozens of offers to Chinese students were rescinded following warnings from legislators....

Scholars and administrators are reframing the debate about artificial intelligence in colleges: beyond academic dishonesty, the larger threat may be the subtle erosion of learning outcomes as...

Santanu Chatterjee, interim dean of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, publicly framed artificial intelligence as the defining academic-honesty challenge for his school....

Boards and administrations continued to reshuffle leadership across campuses: Frostburg State named Shadow JQ Robinson as its next president, and multiple veteran presidents announced retirements....

Thirty-one colleges voted to end partnerships with the PhD Project amid mounting political pressure and renewed scrutiny of race-based programming. The coordinated resolutions are part of a...

The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a federal injunction that blocked its attempt to extract roughly $1.2 billion from the University of California, resolving a high-profile legal...

The University of Texas System’s governing board voted unanimously to adopt new rules restricting instruction on what it termed "controversial" or "contested" topics, requiring faculty to disclose...

Bard College launched a formal review into President Leon Botstein’s previously disclosed ties to Jeffrey Epstein after Justice Department documents renewed attention to the financier’s...

Labouré College of Healthcare announced it will cease academic operations Aug. 31 and transfer nursing programs to nearby Curry College, citing persistent financial, enrollment and regulatory...

Thirty-one colleges have agreed to end partnerships with the PhD Project amid a broader push by critics of race-based programming, part of a national effort to reshape public perceptions of higher...

Voices across higher education are warning that the greatest risk from artificial intelligence isn’t student cheating but the gradual erosion of learning as institutions outsource cognitive work...

Purdue University is facing accusations that it rescinded offers to some Chinese applicants after warnings from legislators; university officials deny an explicit ban but the episode has alarmed...

Thousands of former students have joined a Student Group Claim alleging that universities failed to deliver education promised during Covid lockdowns; pre-action letters now target 36 institutions...

A federal court sided with Drexel University in a workplace dispute, finding resistance to a Black compliance executive’s management style did not constitute race- or sex-based harassment. The...

The Association of Governing Boards framed this year’s trustees’ agenda as balancing stewardship of legacy assets with bold planning for 2045, urging boards to pair fiscal prudence with strategic...

The Biden-era Education Department and the Trump administration’s legal apparatus recalibrated enforcement tactics this week: the federal government dropped a high-profile appeal seeking roughly...

The University of Texas System’s governing board voted unanimously to adopt new restrictions on how faculty teach so-called “controversial” subjects, directing campuses to require balanced...