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New research from Stanford University suggests AI writing tools can deliver noticeably different feedback depending on how a model is prompted to describe a student’s race, gender, and motivation....

The White House terminated all members of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, according to reporting by Nature and Science. The NSF has a nearly $9 billion...

A proposed state budget plan advanced by Republicans in Michigan’s House appropriations committee would cut major funding for Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, according to...

The U.S. Department of Education launched a new FAFSA fraud prevention tool aimed at reducing improper or fraudulent applications, according to reporting in a dedicated higher-ed policy...

Texas public universities are restricting what faculty can teach and what graduate students can research, according to reporting focused on curricular governance and compliance. The piece raises...

A pause on some Optional Practical Training (OPT) applications has left certain international students in the U.S. in limbo for months, according to reporting on student status near the end of the...

Students, staff, and alumni sued Martin University over its abrupt closure, alleging the institution stranded learners educationally without a teach-out plan, according to a report on the...

New research from Trellis Strategies identifies what most commonly keeps students from returning after stopping out—and what helps bring them back. The report finds that while most stopped-out...

Reporting on the alleged gunman in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting points to an education-and-career trajectory that includes tutoring and computer science training. Cole Tomas...

UC Davis received a $75 million gift for the Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, officials announced, marking the second-largest individual gift in the school’s history. The donors are Bay Area...

Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business announced Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou will step down on June 30 after 11 years leading the school, with a background that includes six years as dean...

A shooting attempt targeting U.S. leaders at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton triggered a rapid security response and renewed scrutiny of event...

The Justice Department moved to pressure the National Trust for Historic Preservation to drop its lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom. Acting...

As investigators built the suspect’s profile, reporting described Cole Tomas Allen as a highly educated tutor and computer programmer, including a master’s degree in computer science from...

Elon Musk’s claim that retirement saving “won’t matter” because AI will create abundance landed amid a broader workforce shock: major employers are cutting staff while scaling AI capabilities....

A new line of research and commentary is warning leaders that AI can increase burnout rather than relieve it. One account cites an eight-month ethnographic study involving 200 employees in which...

The U.S. Department of Justice charged a U.S. Army soldier tied to bets on Polymarket around the timing of a raid on Nicolas Maduro, intensifying scrutiny of insider-linked trading in prediction...

In her exit interview, Carnegie Mellon Tepper’s departing dean linked retirement systems and financial literacy to a wider educational responsibility—arguing that Americans are being asked to make...

Remento, an AI startup backed by Mark Cuban, is scaling a product that helps families turn conversations with elderly relatives into recorded, AI-generated narrative books. The company sends...

Duke Energy outlined plans to spend $103 billion over five years to expand generation and grid capacity, citing data center demand as affordability pressures intensify. The utility expects to add...