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Federal judge bars funding-cut playbook — UC wins injunction
A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from blanket-cutting or tying future grants to the University of California without notice or hearings. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin...
Ex‑UVA president details coercion — says board and DOJ forced his exit
James E. Ryan, the former president of the University of Virginia, released a detailed 12-page account describing intense political pressure from university board members and federal actors that...
Tiny Vermont college to close — Sterling ends operations after spring 2026
Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt., will close after the spring 2026 semester, the institution announced, blaming persistent enrollment declines and a fragile financial base. Fewer than 40...
Domestic applicant diversity rises — international demand and selectivity shifts
New Common App data shows application growth this cycle from Black, first-generation, low-income and rural students, even as international applications fell by about 9 percent year-over-year. The...
Colleges rethink AI partnerships — liberal‑arts campus adopts LLMs as Coursera shifts fees
A liberal‑arts college has publicly embraced large language models for teaching and research tools as institutions experiment with campus deployments of AI; Inside Higher Ed highlighted the...
After cuts, campus morale frays — students and athletes face rising online abuse
University staff who survived layoffs and hiring freezes report rising workloads, anxiety and exhaustion as campuses shrink payrolls to close budget gaps. At the University of California San...
Federal reporting narrowed — open‑admit colleges spared; CSU expands direct admits
The Education Department clarified that a new IPEDS admissions supplement requiring disaggregated applicant and admissions data will apply only to four‑year institutions, easing the reporting...
Work‑study faces cuts — UK leaders warn surcharge on internationals will hurt universities
U.S. proposals to reduce federal work‑study funding have prompted warnings from campus leaders that the program—subsidizing nearly 700,000 student jobs and roughly $1 billion in annual...
Yale publishes slavery history — governance debates over speech and inclusion heat up
Yale University’s long‑term research project culminated in a new volume documenting the university’s historical ties to slavery, part of a broader wave of campus reckonings with institutional...
Anthropic under political and security pressure — claims it thwarted AI‑driven cyberattack
Anthropic is simultaneously pitching a 'political even‑handedness' framework for its Claude chatbot and reporting it disrupted what the company calls a large‑scale cyberespionage campaign executed...
Judge freezes Trump-era playbook — agencies barred from stripping UC funding
A federal judge issued an injunction stopping the Trump administration and federal agencies from withholding or conditioning grants to the University of California system without required hearings...
Former UVA president accuses board and DOJ — letter details pressure that led to ouster
James E. Ryan, the former president of the University of Virginia, published a detailed 12-page account alleging that university trustees and Justice Department pressure forced his abrupt...
Texas A&M clamps down on curriculum — new approvals required for race and gender advocacy
The Texas A&M system adopted a policy restricting course content that it says 'advocates' race or gender ideology, demanding prior approval for material the system judges to promote specific...
Tiny Vermont college to close — Sterling sets final term for spring 2026
Sterling College in Vermont announced it will cease degree programs after the spring 2026 semester, citing steep enrollment declines and persistent financial pressure. The...
Johns Hopkins expands free aid — most middle‑class undergrads face no net cost
Johns Hopkins University announced a sweeping financial-aid expansion that eliminates tuition, fees and living expenses for Homewood undergraduates from families earning under $100,000 a year and...
Trump budget threat: work‑study on the chopping block — student aid program at risk
The Trump administration has proposed cuts to federal work-study, a program that subsidizes campus and community jobs for nearly 700,000 students and has long enjoyed bipartisan support....
Coursera shifts model: 15% platform fee reshapes university upskilling deals
Coursera told university and corporate partners it will start charging a 15% platform fee in 2026, a move that signals a broader pivot away from the revenue‑share OPM model toward a...
Common App report: more underrepresented applicants — international pool shrinks
New Common App data show application growth concentrated among underrepresented groups—Black applicants rose 16%, multiracial applicants 11%, first‑generation applicants 12%, and low‑income...
Campus layoffs' survivors strain research operations — UCSD animal techs report burnout
At the University of California, San Diego, cuts in animal‑care staffing have left remaining technicians with dramatically larger caseloads and growing concerns about research quality and...
Education Dept. narrows admissions‑data order — open‑admission colleges spared new reporting
The Education Department amended an August executive action to limit a new IPEDS admissions and consumer‑transparency supplement to four‑year institutions, exempting open‑admission colleges and...