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Education Department breakup: Programs moved to Labor, HHS and State
The U.S. Department of Education announced a series of interagency agreements that reassign core K‑12 and postsecondary program management to other federal agencies. The department moved oversight...
Special-education alarm: Advocates say transfers could weaken protections
Advocates and national disability groups warned that redistributing Education Department responsibilities risks weakening enforcement and supports for students with disabilities. Disability rights...
State scrutiny vs faculty governance: Legislatures demand syllabi as AAUP pushes back
State-level demands for course materials and legislative moves to curtail faculty governance are colliding with national faculty defenders. A legislative office requested Middle East studies...
Harvard reopens probe after Epstein files — Summers exits OpenAI board
Harvard announced a renewed review into newly public emails tying Jeffrey Epstein to former Harvard president and economist Lawrence Summers. The university said it will evaluate information from...
UNL faculty deliver no‑confidence vote — chancellor faces removal push
Faculty at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln passed a no‑confidence resolution in Chancellor Rodney Bennett by a 60–14 vote, accusing campus leadership of opaque decision‑making and flawed fiscal...
Title VI enforcement briefed to trustees — what boards should expect
A policy briefing and AGB podcast highlighted an uptick in Title VI investigations and outlined expectations for trustees and campus leaders. Former Office for Civil Rights attorneys and...
Stanford report: Teens should not rely on AI chatbots for mental‑health help
A joint Stanford Brain Science Lab and Common Sense Media report concluded that AI chatbots are not reliable or safe substitutes for mental‑health support for teenagers. After thousands of...
Three legal hazards universities face as AI spreads on campus
Legal advisers are flagging three immediate AI risks for colleges: data‑privacy and third‑party vendor exposure; discrimination and bias in algorithmic decision‑making; and rapidly shifting policy...
MacKenzie Scott’s HBCU gifts top $700 million — biggest recipients named
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced another round of large, unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, bringing her recent HBCU total to more than $700 million....
Harvard MBA apps dip — selectivity stays below 10%
Harvard Business School released its Class of 2027 profile showing a modest decline in applications to 9,409 from last year’s 9,856, yet admissions remained highly selective with an estimated...
Education Department broken up — major K‑12 grants move to Labor
The Trump administration announced interagency agreements that transfer responsibility for large swaths of the U.S. Department of Education’s portfolio to other federal agencies, with the...
Title VI enforcement rises — trustees told to brace for probes
Federal civil‑rights enforcement under Title VI is intensifying and institutions should expect more investigations, AGB and former OCR officials said in a briefing for trustees. The conversation,...
House Democrats warn: Don’t sell federal student loans to private buyers
More than 40 House Democrats and several prominent senators urged the Education and Treasury departments to abandon reported talks to sell portions of the federal student‑loan portfolio to private...
Colleges face three legal threats from AI — privacy, bias, vendor risk
A legal brief for higher‑education administrators identified three immediate AI risks colleges must manage: student and employee data privacy, anti‑discrimination exposure, and governance...
Community colleges confront Trump‑era headwinds — funding and workforce ties fray
Community colleges are reporting fresh operational and strategic pressures tied to recent federal policy shifts, with leaders warning that dismantling Education Department functions and shifting...
AAUP issues defense of shared governance — warns against legislative encroachment
The American Association of University Professors released a report defending faculty shared governance as state legislatures move to curb faculty senate authority in several jurisdictions. AAUP...
Boards prep for a lean future: AGB unveils endowment governance workshop
The Association of Governing Boards announced a complimentary workshop focused on endowment governance as colleges face demographic declines, compressed revenues and potential market volatility....
Interim presidents now do heavy lifting — expectations for short‑term leaders rise
An industry analysis of interim leadership in higher education shows that presidents hired on a temporary basis are increasingly expected to enact substantive change rather than simply maintain...
University of Nottingham to cut 48 degrees — languages and music targeted
The University of Nottingham’s governing council is considering proposals to close up to 48 degree programs, including modern foreign languages and music, citing weakened revenues and rising...
National University launches dissertation pathway — targets ABD finishers
National University in San Diego launched a Dissertation Completion Pathway aimed at helping doctoral candidates who are stuck at the ABD (all but dissertation) stage finish their degrees. The...