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Education Department broken up – Trump team shifts six programs to other agencies
The Education Department announced interagency agreements that reassign management of six major programs to other federal departments, marking a decisive move by the Trump administration to shrink...
Research funding scramble... NIH cuts halt trials; China racing ahead
Federal research funding is under pressure from two directions: domestic budget shifts and global competition. A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis found that NIH grant cuts this year disrupted 383...
International enrollment drops... Open Doors shows 17% fall in new students
U.S. campuses reported a sharp decline in newly arriving international students this fall. The Institute of International Education’s Open Doors fall snapshot shows new international enrollment...
From oversight to impact: Boards pressed to make student success central
The Association of Governing Boards released a study showing governing boards can play a decisive role in student success when they align governance, planning and budgeting around completion and...
Judge blocks funding freeze – universities fight back as probes intensify
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the administration from freezing University of California research funding amid civil‑rights investigations, calling the federal actions...
UK universities retrench – Nottingham eyes program cuts; business schools face uneven recovery
The University of Nottingham is considering the closure of 48 undergraduate degrees including modern languages and music, citing falling revenues and rising costs. If approved, Nottingham could...
Diversity and conduct under scrutiny: Kellogg omits metrics; Oxford Saïd dean exits after probe
Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2027 profile omitted previously disclosed gender and diversity metrics and the school announced it has ended its Forté Foundation partnership, raising questions about...
Philanthropy flood to HBCUs – Scott gifts reshape institutional budgets
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a new wave of unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, totaling hundreds of millions across multiple institutions....
Faculty labor and governance flashpoints – HACC strike yields tentative deal; shared governance debated
Faculty at Harrisburg Area Community College reached a tentative contract after a two‑day strike and protracted negotiations focused on pay, curriculum control and class sizes. The agreement...
Student persistence under the microscope – stopouts, belonging programs expose solutions
A Community College Research Center study surveyed students who stopped out and found financial hardship, academic struggles and psychological stress as leading reasons for attrition, with most...
NIH grant cuts upend trials — 383 studies hit
Federal grant disruptions have removed funding from hundreds of active clinical studies, imperiling patient safety, data integrity and ongoing research timelines. A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis...
Judge blocks federal funding clampdown on UC — legal rebuke to enforcement playbook
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the administration from withholding University of California research funds while a lawsuit alleging politically motivated enforcement...
International student enrollment slips: Open Doors flags 17% fall in new arrivals
New fall 2025 snapshot data from Open Doors shows a sharp 17% drop in first‑time international student enrollment at U.S. institutions, signaling early disruption to a revenue stream many colleges...
Admissions reset: colleges ease gatekeeping as applicant pool shrinks
Colleges nationwide are simplifying application processes, waiving fees and making post‑deadline offers as the pool of traditional 18‑year‑old applicants begins a projected long decline....
Student finance in flux: U.S. loan changes and England’s White Paper press institutions
Federal changes to student loans and a sweeping English White Paper on post‑16 education are reshaping institutional planning around tuition, aid and accountability. The U.S. Education Department...
Campus turmoil: professor reassigned, Oxford Saïd dean resigns after probes
Universities are confronting parallel crises over faculty speech and misconduct. At the University of Kentucky a law professor who advocated for military action against Israel was reassigned...
Boards tested: governance decisions drive outcomes and court fights
New research and court rulings are putting governing boards at the center of higher‑education outcomes and political conflict. The Association of Governing Boards released a study showing...
Strikes and cuts: faculty union tentatively resolves contract as colleges trim programs
Faculty labor and institutional budgets remain flashpoints: after a brief strike and intensive negotiations, the union at Harrisburg Area Community College reached a tentative contract covering...
AI in classrooms: co‑created integrity rules and adaptive instruction emerge
Colleges and educators are shifting from bans to frameworks for generative AI, co‑creating agile academic integrity policies that center equity and faculty leadership. A higher‑education...
MacKenzie Scott pours hundreds of millions into HBCUs — record gifts reshape campuses
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a new wave of transformative donations aggregating in the hundreds of millions to historically Black colleges and universities. Several HBCUs reported...