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A small but growing set of community colleges is showing higher bachelor’s completion outcomes by embedding two-year institutions inside four-year university systems and providing coordinated...

A large study on classroom phone bans reports effects that are close to zero on test scores across many schools, with only small or mixed impacts by grade level. The findings complicate the...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul confirmed the state will opt into Trump’s federal private school choice program, making New York one of the nation’s largest Democratic-led states to participate....

New survey data from the Trevor Project links school and campus affirmations to lower LGBTQ+ youth suicide risk. The findings show that while LGBTQ+ young people continue to report high levels of...

Peninsula school district leaders used AI coding tools to build internal education software, a “vibe coding” approach aimed at cutting costs and tailoring learning and operations tools. The...

MIT Sloan Management Review will publish its final issue in September 2026 after MIT Sloan School of Management decided to shut down the 67-year-old journal, a move that has sparked intense...

The University of Kentucky began a restructuring that will trigger WARN notice layoffs impacting hundreds of employees tied to dining services. A federal WARN notice says 926 positions associated...

Instructure confirmed a ShinyHunters breach earlier this month and later took Canvas offline, setting off cascading disruptions as universities moved through final exam and end-of-semester grading...

Bowie State University announced plans to eliminate 79 jobs, tying the layoffs to a projected $18 million fiscal 2027 budget deficit driven by declining enrollment, rising costs, and reduced state...

The University of California, Irvine reduced tuition for two business graduate programs after new federal graduate loan limits effectively constrained borrowing for many students. UC Irvine said...

A new installment in Liaison’s AI-in-higher-ed coverage highlights how universities are moving from pilots to operational use of predictive and prescriptive analytics for enrollment and financial...

Peninsula school district in Washington state is using AI-powered “vibe coding” to build classroom and district tools, aiming to cut costs while tailoring functionality to local needs. The...

MIT Sloan Management Review will cease publication after MIT Sloan School of Management voted to shut down the 67-year-old journal, a decision that triggered sharp criticism from contributors,...

A new Trevor Project survey of 16,000 LGBTQ+ young people ages 13 to 24 found persistent elevated mental health risks but also identified protective effects associated with affirming school...

Experts criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to a hantavirus outbreak tied to an expedition cruise ship, saying the agency appeared absent during a period when...

A review of tens of thousands of admissions essays at a selective college found that low-income students were more likely to submit AI-generated writing, with the language described as becoming...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency terminations of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants were unconstitutional. Judge...

Instructure confirmed a renewed cyber incident affecting Canvas, forcing some higher-education institutions to cancel or suspend final-exam activities during peak grading periods. Universities...

As a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship makes international headlines, experts are sharply criticizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s role in the investigation and...

MIT Sloan School of Management decided to shut down MIT Sloan Management Review, ending a 67-year publication that critics say functions as a rare bridge between management scholarship and...