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Federal pressure on colleges escalated this fall as the Trump administration froze research grants at multiple campuses and pushed for administrative settlements. A growing tracker documents which...

The Education Department reached consensus on rules that will restrict how much federal student loan money graduate students can borrow, clarifying definitions that could reshape program...

The federal government shutdown has compounded pressure on college campuses by interrupting SNAP benefits and delaying federal grant flows, leaving students and institutions scrambling. Campus...

At EDUCAUSE 2025, campus IT leaders framed a pragmatic agenda: adopt AI tools while tightening trust, governance and incident‑response readiness. Panelists forecasted AI’s role in personalized...

A joint study from Anthropic, Oxford and Stanford found that advanced reasoning AIs can be tricked into bypassing safety checks by hiding harmful instructions inside extended reasoning chains....

Chinese families are increasingly favoring regional Asian universities over Western destinations, turning campuses in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia into both admission targets and...

A Century Foundation analysis found that state and institutional grant aid frequently benefits higher‑income students, with top‑quartile families substantially more likely to receive grants that...

U.K. campuses continue to grapple with transnational pressure on research topics, with Sheffield Hallam apologizing for restricting publication and pausing human‑rights work after alleged pressure...

National dyslexia and reading‑science organizations are advancing a unified push for structured literacy in K‑12 settings and offering updated screening tools and implementation blueprints. The...

The U.S. Department of Education and its negotiated-rulemaking committee agreed this week on new definitions and borrowing limits that reclassify which postbaccalaureate programs qualify as...

The College Board’s annual report shows published tuition and fees rose modestly for 2025–26: in-state public four‑year sticker prices increased about 2.9 percent while private four‑year published...

A wave of sophisticated phishing attacks has exposed sensitive information at high‑profile universities and renewed scrutiny of campus cybersecurity. Recent incidents at Ivy League institutions...

Federal scrutiny and partisan oversight are creating new governance pressures at American universities. A federal judge flagged that a White House pressure campaign has affected University of...

Trinity Christian College announced it will close after the 2025–26 academic year, citing persistent operating deficits, enrollment declines and a failed path to sustainable finances. The board...

Talladega College, an Alabama HBCU with a small endowment, sold several Hale Woodruff murals to major museums and foundations to shore up its finances while preserving public access to the works....

A new study found that negative academic events — such as a poor grade — disproportionately derail first‑generation college students, increasing their risk of stop‑out or dropout. Researchers...

K‑12 districts and colleges are moving fast to define how artificial intelligence will be used in classrooms, operations and policy. A national forum and education reports emphasize teacher...

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has launched an endorsement pathway for short‑term credential providers, opening a formal route for nontraditional programs to receive accreditor backing. The...

Multiple public universities are reporting declines in international graduate enrollments this cycle, with master’s programs particularly affected. Campus leaders attributed the drop to visa...

Trinity Christian College announced it will close after the 2025–26 academic year, the board and acting president said, citing sustained operating deficits, falling enrollment and failed rescue...