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MIT’s Sloan School of Management has climbed to first place in the Financial Times 2026 global MBA ranking — the first time the school has held the No.1 spot since the list began. The result...

Stephen Schwarzman is planning a major expansion of his foundation with a focus on AI preparedness and education, documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal show. The Blackstone co‑founder...

Authors behind AlphaFold and other AI scientific tools urged wider, open access to advanced AI resources, arguing that the technology has already accelerated discoveries worldwide. They pointed to...

Colleges are embedding AI beyond classrooms into marketing, recruiting and executive planning, but administrators warn that expanding access raises data‑privacy and integrity risks. Barry...

Instructors are adopting new classroom tactics to boost reading engagement: some teach adaptive pacing strategies that ask students to vary speed by purpose and difficulty, while others...

Educators are piloting Snorkl AI to give students near‑instant, process‑focused feedback on homework. Instructors load assignment prompts into the platform and students submit written, verbal or...

An opinion warning circulated this week argues that cuts to NIH DEI funding and proposed federal research reductions are eroding early‑stage supports that steer students into scientific careers....

Republican Rep. Walt Brooks introduced legislation to ban open carry at Utah’s public college campuses, a reversal for a lawmaker with an NRA background. The move follows the September shooting at...

A federal appeals panel has reopened the legal path for the Trump administration’s executive orders curbing diversity, equity and inclusion practices, and the U.S. Department of Justice has...

More than 170,000 current and former students have authorized legal letters targeting 36 additional universities, alleging they paid for in‑person education but received diminished or fully online...

The Financial Times’ 2026 global MBA ranking placed MIT’s Sloan School of Management at No.1 for the first time, displacing traditional leaders and exposing methodological friction as Stanford and...

College administrators are expanding enterprise AI tools beyond classrooms into recruiting, marketing and planning — and Barry University has rolled out a practical governance approach that other...

Two linked developments signal a turning point: AlphaFold’s open database continues to spread across labs worldwide, while academic researchers claim productivity gains tied to AI investment....

Stephen A. Schwarzman is preparing to significantly expand his foundation and funnel a substantial portion of his estimated $48 billion fortune into philanthropic work focused on AI and education,...

Federal shifts in research and outreach funding — including confirmed non‑renewal of some NIH DEI‑related grants and proposed research cuts — are accelerating concerns about a shrinking pathway...

Media reports and released court documents linking Jeffrey Epstein to wealthy donors and intermediaries have reignited scrutiny of university fundraising relationships. Professors and presidents...

In a policy reversal, Rep. Walt Brooks introduced legislation to ban open carry at Utah’s public college campuses, shifting course after statewide scrutiny following a campus shooting. The...

Students at Texas campuses have organized walkouts and protests in response to immigration enforcement actions, continuing a nationwide pattern of campus demonstrations despite threats and...

MIT’s Sloan School of Management climbed to first place in the Financial Times 2026 global MBA ranking for the first time, displacing long‑running elite incumbents and exposing new methodological...

A federal appeals panel paused and then vacated a lower‑court injunction that had blocked major provisions of two Trump executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion practices,...