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Anthropic’s rapid scaling is forcing compute-provider partnerships that cut across the AI competitive landscape. CEO Dario Amodei said the company planned for 10x growth but saw far larger demand,...

A federal judge restored millions in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, ruling the mass cancellation of more than 1,400 previously approved awards unconstitutional. The decision...

The University of Kentucky initiated a restructuring that will trigger large layoffs tied to an end of a dining-services partnership. A federal WARN notice cited the closure of work with Aramark...

Southern Oregon University presented a preliminary plan to shrink programming and costs amid a financial crisis, including sunsetting four academic units and consolidating nine others. Leaders and...

A study reviewing tens of thousands of admissions essays at a selective college found that low-income applicants are more likely to submit AI-generated essays, and that essay language became more...

CHEA announced it is establishing a Council of Experts on Quality Assurance and Accreditation to strengthen engagement with scholars and practitioners and to address emerging higher education...

Arizona State University expanded real-time campus security monitoring by granting police analysts access to live video feeds from more than 3,000 strategically placed cameras across its...

Instructure disclosed and then partially confirmed a Canvas-related cybersecurity incident, with affected data described as including user messages, names, email addresses, and student ID numbers....

A federal judge restored more than 1,400 previously terminated National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, ruling the mass cancellation unconstitutional. The decision from U.S. District...

UC Irvine is cutting tuition for two business programs in response to new federal limits on graduate student borrowing. The Flex M.B.A., with an all-online option launched in 2024, will drop...

The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine “intentionally selected applicants based on their race,” citing violations of civil-rights law after the Supreme...

Multiple campus governance conflicts surfaced around institutional decision-making and academic freedom. Southern Oregon University released a preliminary turnaround plan using Deloitte...

A separate analysis shows how the new graduate student borrowing limits are pushing colleges to adjust—sometimes by cutting tuition and altering program requirements. In the case highlighted by UC...

Faculty, students, and campus communities continue to litigate and organize around expression rights and institutional governance. Reports include conflicts over invited speaker participation and...

Beyond Canvas, the broader security posture for education technology vendors is coming under renewed scrutiny. Instructure’s incident communications described stepwise controls including revoked...

CHEA announced a new Council of Experts on Quality Assurance and Accreditation to strengthen engagement on academic quality issues, including the growing role of AI in teaching and learning. The...

Research coverage indicates enrollment pressure is arriving not only from traditional college-age cohorts but also from adult learners. One report highlights a drop in first-time adult...

Boston University Questrom is launching an online Master of Science in AI in Business built around business-problem framing rather than starting with tools, positioning “evergreen navigation” from...

A federal judge has ordered the National Endowment for the Humanities to rescind mass grant terminations, finding the Trump administration’s cuts unconstitutional and tied to a viewpoint-based...

UC Irvine moved to lower graduate tuition after new federal loan caps constrained what many students can borrow. The university is cutting tuition for its Flex MBA by $30,000 (23%) to a total of...