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MIT Sloan Management Review shut down amid editorial backlash
MIT Sloan Management Review will stop production after a nearly seven-decade run, and board members say the decision was handled impulsively and misses the journal’s mission. MIT Sloan Dean...
Princeton overhauls honor code with proctoring amid AI-driven cheating concerns
Princeton University is introducing proctoring to its longstanding honor code system, according to coverage describing the policy shift and its rationale: students say AI-enabled cheating has...
FAFSA completion hits record high, aided by simplification rollout
The National College Attainment Network reported that the FAFSA completion rate for the Class of 2026 is at a record high after the simplified form took hold. As of May 1, 54.7% of graduating...
State budget squeezes student aid demand in Minnesota
Minnesota is contending with a $131 million student-aid shortfall, driven by three straight years where the state has not been able to meet demand. The problem is tied to rising enrollment,...
Golden Gate University makes AI the backbone of the curriculum
Golden Gate University announced major institutional changes in April that place AI at the center of academics and assessment. The university said it founded a School of Psychology focused on how...
Utah law allows religious opt-outs from assigned coursework
Utah enacted a new law that lets college students opt out of coursework when assignments conflict with their religious or personal beliefs. The law requires professors to offer an alternative...
Student aid and tuition pressure collide with state forecasting in Minnesota
Minnesota’s $131 million student-aid shortfall is the latest sign of how quickly aid systems are being stressed by enrollment growth and cost increases. The state has faced a shortfall for three...
Universities use AI-assisted tools for high-stakes placement training
The University of Washington is using AI-simulated practice clients to expand high-fidelity counseling rehearsal for behavioral health providers, addressing a training bottleneck created by the...
Education Department upheaval and federal student-aid rulemaking
The Trump administration’s Education Department shake-up moved deeper into the policymaking phase this week as Secretary Linda McMahon defended budget plans and structural changes before House...
Enrollment access: FAFSA completion accelerates to record highs
FAFSA completion for the high school class of 2026 reached a record pace, with 54.7% of graduating seniors submitting the form by May 1, according to the National College Attainment Network. The...
Campus labor pressure and budget cutting in public higher education
Portland State University’s budget plan has triggered open conflict with faculty governance after officials projected a $35 million deficit and proposed cutting 52 jobs. The university’s American...
Academic workforce and research funding: MIT warns of steep federal impact
MIT’s president warned that federally funded research on campus is sharply declining, tying the drop to federal policy shifts and the resulting slowdown in new awards. In a video message to the...
AI policy and workforce education: Purdue? (No) — Indiana scales free AI literacy
Indiana University expanded access to AI literacy by making its GenAI 101 skills course fully free and open to anyone, with no tuition or application required. The course completion earns an AI...
AI in education assessment and institutional integrity: Princeton adds proctoring to old honor code
Princeton University introduced proctoring and modified its longstanding honor-code practices after student pushback tied to generative AI use, according to reporting on the policy change. The...
Shared governance conflict and research publishing: MIT Sloan Management Review closure sparks internal backlash
MIT Sloan Management Review’s planned shutdown has triggered sharp criticism from members of MIT’s editorial advisory board, who described the decision as surprising and “impulsive.” In separate...
DEI compliance crackdown at admissions: DOJ accuses Yale medical school of race-based admissions circumvention
The Department of Justice accused Yale University’s medical school of unlawfully using race in admissions, alleging that Black and Hispanic applicants had a higher chance of admission than White...
K-12 to higher ed pipeline: rural student recruiting and enrollment support
Amherst College ramped up its effort to improve rural student enrollment by hosting admitted-applicant visits designed to encourage the next step into college life. The initiative, built through...
Education technology debate: AI pronunciation tools spark parent backlash at commencement
AI-powered graduation name pronunciation is moving from pilot programs into public controversies, after some districts adopted QR-code systems that play AI recordings of students’ names. The use...
Federal workplace discrimination reporting: EEOC moves to end EEO-1 data submissions
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) moved to eliminate employee demographic reporting requirements tied to EEO-1 (and related forms), according to a proposal sent to the White...
Student financial aid: FAFSA completion hits record pace
FAFSA completion for the high school Class of 2026 reached a record level, according to reporting from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN). As of May 1, 54.7% of graduating seniors had...